Investigating the Role of Self-Efficacy Mediation on the Relationship between Mental Health and Procrastination of Physical Education Teachers

The present study was conducted to investigate the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between mental health and procrastination of physical education teachers. The research method was descriptive based on the structural equation model. The statistical population of the study included all physical education teachers in Gorgan (175 people), of which 161 teachers were selected. For data collection, the Scherer Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (1982) (α=0.886), Mental Health (GHQ) (1979) (α=0.823) and Procrastination (1991) (α=0.962) were used. Pearson’s correlation test and structural equation modeling in Amos software were used to analyze the research data. Based on the findings of mental health research on procrastination (Sig=0.001, t=4.378) and self-efficacy (Sig=0.001, t=-4.698), the positive effect of self-efficacy on procrastination (Sig=0.001, 896/3-t=) of physical education teachers of Gorgan city had a significant negative effect. In addition, the results of the structural equations showed that mental health through the mediating variable of self-efficacy had a significant positive effect on the procrastination of physical education teachers in Gorgan and the communication model consisting of research variables had the necessary fit.