Background: This study investigated the relations among three variables (sport attributional style, sport self-efficacy and creativity). Considering these relationships, we aimed at providing a theorical model of relationships between these variables in elite team athletes using structural equation modeling. Objectives: Providing a theorical model of relationships between sport attributional styles, sport self-efficacy, and creativity in elite team athletes using structural equation modeling. Methods and Materials: The statistical population consisted of 2853 elite team athletes. From that population, 192 elite team athletes were randomly selected as the sample from different sport clubs in Tehran, Iran, 2014. The Sport-Confident Questionnaire, Sport Attributional Style Scale, and the Creativity Questionnaire were used to collect the data. Then, AMOS software (version 23) was used to apply structural equation modeling. Results: The measurement models and structural models (after success, after failure) of elite team athletes well fitted the data. Standard coefficients of all components and indices (questions) were found to be significant (P<0.05), except for direct coefficients between sport attributional style and creativity (P= 0.297after success and P=0.640after failure). Conclusions: Results showed a positive significant relationship between sport self-efficacy and sport attributional styles. Moreover, sport self-efficacy had a mediating role between sport attributional styles and creativity. Thus, identifying structural relationships between these variables is of great benefit in promoting athletes’ mental health.

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