The Role of Patience Components in Predicting Learning Approaches with the Mediating role of Cognitive Flexibility

The aim of the present study was to offer a model about the role of patience components in predicting learning strategies with the mediating role of cognitive flexibility. The statistical population of the present study was all of university students studying at Payame Noor University, Kermanshah Branch in academic year 2014- 2015. Two hundred and seventy university students were recruited among them via cluster sampling method. The participants answered the Patience Scale (Khormaie, Farmani and Soltani, 2015), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (Dennis and VanderWal, 2010) and Cognitive/ Metacognitive Learning Strategies (Elliot et al, 1999). The findings showed that the presented model had good fitness. Moreover, the findings were indicative of direct and indirect effects of patience components on learning strategies. The components of Tolerance and Persistence negatively and significantly predicted Disorganization with a mediating role of Controllability. The patience components of Transcendence and Contentment negatively and significantly predicted Disorganization and positively and significantly predicted the learning strategy of Persistence and Effort with the mediating role of Alternatives. According to the results of this study, it is recommended that specialists in the field of learning and psychologists apply educational strategies of patience in order to help students use suitable learning strategies.