Relationships between self-efficacy,self-esteem and procrastination in undergraduate psychology students

Objective: the present study aimed to review the relationships between procrastination and two self-factors self-efficacy and self-esteem. methods: participants were 140 undergraduates psychology students enrolled in mohagheg ardabili university,ardabil,iran. instruments used for collecting the required data were the student-version of the general procrastination scale (gp-s),general self-efficacy scale (gse) and rosenberg's self-esteem scale (ses). results: using causal modeling,two models were compared; a model with self-esteem as a mediator versus a model with procrastination as a mediator. the self-esteem mediator model accounted for 21% of the variance in procrastination. the significance of the mediation effect was found by bootstrapping method. conclusion: the relationship of procrastination with self-esteem and self-efficacy was revealed among undergraduate psychology students.