Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Providing and predicting structural model of psychological well-being based on optimism and resilience

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Majid KazemiNejad 1
Abolfazl Karami 2
Ameneh Moazedian 3
Mastooreh Sedaghat 4
1 Psychology PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
2 Associated Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Thran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran.
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2019.15076
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aimed to develop a structural model of psychological well-being based on optimism and resilience.
Methods: The research method was correlated with the structural equation modeling approach. The study population consisted of postgraduate students (Masters and PhD) in Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, 358 of whom participated in the study. They answered the questionnaires of optimism, resilience, and psychological well-being. The reliability and validity of the instruments were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling with AMOS software were used for data analysis.
Results: The results showed that the presented structural model has a good fit; the effect of optimism (t = 2.54) and resilience (t = 2.54) on the psychological well-being was positive and significant. The results also show that the correlation coefficient of optimism with resilience (r = 0.50) and psychological well-being (r = 0.48) is positive and significant at the 0.01 level.
Conclusion: Students' psychological well-being is predictable based on optimism and resilience.
Keywords
optimism
resilience
psychological well-being
structural model
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 62, December
November and December 2019
Pages 468-475