The Mediating Role of Mindfulness in the Relationship between Distress Tolerance and Procrastination in Women Athletic in District 3, Tehran

Mindfulness skills are one of the most important concepts in increasing tolerance for anxiety and procrastination. The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of mindfulness in the relationship between distress tolerance and procrastination in women athletes.

The method of this research is descriptive-correlation. The statistical population in the present study included all female athletes in District 3 of Tehran in 2016-2017. 350 people entered the study through convience sampling and estimating the number of samples from Tabachnick & Fidell formula. Research instruments included: demographic questionnaire, “Kentucky Inventory Mindfulness Skills”, “Distress Tolerance Scale”, and “Procrastination Scale”. The validity and reliability of the instruments were confirmed to previous studies. Data analysis was performed in SPSS. 22 and LISREL . 8.80.

 Between the components of the “Kentucky Inventory Mindfulness Skills” (observation, description, focus, and acceptance) and the subscales of the “Distress Tolerance Scale” (tolerating emotional distress, absorption by negative emotions, mental distress estimate, and adjust efforts to alleviate anxiety) there was a direct and significant correlation (P<0.05). The path of distress tolerance towards procrastination was significant (P<0.05 t≥3;). Mindfulness skills were also directly correlated with procrastination (P <0.05; 3> 2≤t). Also, distress tolerance indirectly with mindfulness skills increases procrastination.

There was a significant correlation between the components of the “Kentucky Inventory Mindfulness Skills”, “Distress Tolerance Scale”, and “Procrastination Scale”. in female athletes. It is suggested that training courses be held to explain the effect of mindfulness and distress tolerance in reducing procrastination.