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Tavoosi F, Fallahchai R, Eftekharian A. (2024). The Mediating Role of Purpose in Life in the Relationships between Resilience and Happiness among University Students. IEEPJ. 6(1), 121-136. doi:10.22034/6.1.121
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1- M.A. Student of Psychology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, University OF Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran ,r.fallahchai@hormozgan.ac.ir
3- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, University OF Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran ,
3- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Abstract: (3148 Views)
Objective: This study aims to investigate the potential mediation role of purpose in life in the association between resilience and happiness among university students.
Methods: A sample of 410 students from the University of Shiraz and the University of Hormozgan participated in this research using a convenience sampling method in the 2022-2023 academic year. To collect data, the Resilience Scale (RS-14; Wagneild, 2009; Hashemi et al., 2018), the Measure of Happiness (MH; Rizzato et al., 2022; Tavoosi et al., in press), the Purpose in Life Test-Short Form (PIL-SF; Schulenberg et al., 2011; Tavoosi et al., in press) were used.
Results: Results indicated that resilience and purpose in life were predictors of happiness, accounting for 34% and 62% of the variance, respectively. Also, resilience predicts 35% of the variance of purpose in life. The results of the model showed that purpose in life plays a mediating variable in the association between resilience and happiness.
Conclusions: The findings of the present research provide evidence that people with higher resilience have a purpose in their lives, and having a purpose in life can increase psychological well-being so that people with a purpose in life report higher levels of happiness.
Methods: A sample of 410 students from the University of Shiraz and the University of Hormozgan participated in this research using a convenience sampling method in the 2022-2023 academic year. To collect data, the Resilience Scale (RS-14; Wagneild, 2009; Hashemi et al., 2018), the Measure of Happiness (MH; Rizzato et al., 2022; Tavoosi et al., in press), the Purpose in Life Test-Short Form (PIL-SF; Schulenberg et al., 2011; Tavoosi et al., in press) were used.
Results: Results indicated that resilience and purpose in life were predictors of happiness, accounting for 34% and 62% of the variance, respectively. Also, resilience predicts 35% of the variance of purpose in life. The results of the model showed that purpose in life plays a mediating variable in the association between resilience and happiness.
Conclusions: The findings of the present research provide evidence that people with higher resilience have a purpose in their lives, and having a purpose in life can increase psychological well-being so that people with a purpose in life report higher levels of happiness.
Type of Study: Original |
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Educational Psychology
Received: 2023/06/21 | Accepted: 2023/11/4 | Published: 2024/03/1
Received: 2023/06/21 | Accepted: 2023/11/4 | Published: 2024/03/1
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