The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship Between Psychological Flexibility and Wisdom in Students

This research was conducted with the purpose of mediating the role of self-efficacy in the relationship between psychological flexibility and wisdom in students.

The cross-sectional research method is correlational. The statistical population of this research was made up of all female and male students of Azad Universities of Tehran province in 2019-2019, from which 400 people were selected by staged cluster sampling method. In this research, the tools of wisdom (Ardelt, 2003), flexibility (Bond et al., 2011), and self-efficacy (Sherer et al., 1982) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-V19 and Amos-V8.8 software were used. Also, in order to respond to the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used.

The research findings showed that the model has a good fit. The results showed that flexibility did not have a significant direct effect on wisdom, the relationship between flexibility and wisdom is directly equal (t = 1.78 and β = 0.12). In connection with the existence of the indirect effect of flexibility on the wisdom of students through self-efficacy, it is confirmed with 95% confidence.

Therefore, paying attention to the mentioned variables helps researchers and therapists in prevention and designing more appropriate treatments.