Predicting Self-Control on the Basis of Patience and Its Components Among High School Studentsdents

Objective: The current study aimed at investigating the role of patience and its components in predicting self-control among high school students in Shiraz, Iran. Methods: The statistical population of the study included all high school students of Shiraz. Three hundred and thirty-two students (۱۶۱ females and ۱۷۱ males) were recruited via cluster sampling method. The subjects participated in the study by completing the patience scale for children and adolescents and self-control scale. To analyze the data, mean, standard deviation (SD), and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. Moreover, to investigate the role of patience and its components in predicting self-control, simultaneous multiple regression analysis was utilized. Results: The results showed that patience total score and the components of transcendence, contentment, persistence, and hesitation positively and significantly correlated with self-control (P < ۰.۰۱). Patience total score also positively and significantly predicted self-control (β = ۰.۵۸; P < ۰.۰۰۱). This variable explained ۳۳% of the variance. Moreover, transcendence (β = ۰.۱۸; P < ۰.۰۰۱), hesitation (β = ۰.۲۷; P < ۰.۰۰۱), and persistence (β = ۰.۳۵; P < ۰.۰۰۱) positively and significantly predicted self-control. These variables explained ۳۶% of the variance. Conclusion: According to the role of patience and its components in predicting self-control, it is recommended to utilize educational strategies of patience to enhance self-control among high school students. To emphasize the components of patience in teaching educational strategies of patience is also suggested.

کلیدواژه ها:

Patience ، Transcendence ، Tolerance ، Contentment ، Persistence ، Hesitationation