The Mediating Role of Negative Affection toward Self- Forgiveness and Decisional and general Procrastination in male Universitarian students of Tabriz University: Structural Equations Model

Introduction: The current research was conducted to determine the mediating role of negative affection toward self- forgiveness and procrastination in male students of Tabriz University. Methods: In the same vein, 361 male students were selected by random cluster sampling Method from three groups of technical and engineering, basic science and human science faculties. The general procrastination, decisional procrastination, positive and negative affect, and Heartland forgiveness inventories were used for gathering the data. The theoretical model was tested within a structural equation- modeling framework to identify both direct and indirect effects. Results: The results indicated overall model fit. Although direct effects of self-forgiveness on decisional and general procrastination behaviors were not significant, but indirect effect of self-forgiveness on the decisional and general procrastination behaviors, it was fully mediated by negative affection.  Conclusions: Due to effect of self-forgiveness on negative affect and academic procrastination, its training is needed for students.