Introduction: One of the problematic factors in the field of education and learning is academic procrastination. The aim of the present study was the survey of the role of moral intelligence and cell phone addiction in predict academic procrastination of students.
Methods: The research method was a descriptive-correlation. The population consisted of all male and female students studying at Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University in the 2017-2018 academic year that according to Krejcie and Morgan table, 357 students were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. For data collection from academic procrastination assessment scale (Solomon & Rothblum, 1989), Lennick and Kiel moral intelligence questionnaire student (2011) and Savari cell phone addiction were used. Data analysis was performed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis (stepwise) in software spss version 16.
Results: Correlation coefficients showed that there was a significant negative correlation between moral intelligence and academic procrastination and there was a significant positive correlation between cell phone addiction and students' academic procrastination (P < 0.01). Also, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that moral intelligence and cell phone addiction could significantly predict students' academic procrastination.
Conclusions: In educational programs for the prevention and reduction of academic procrastination among students, moral intelligence and cell phone addiction require more attention.