The Role of Forgiveness and Psychological Hardiness in Prediction of Hope

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between forgiveness and hardiness with students hope. In this descriptive- correlational study, a total of 120 (Male=60, Female= 60) undergraduate students from 6400 students of the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili were selected using multistage cluster sampling; they participated in the study on the basis of their completion of Schnieder's hope scale (α=0.79), Ahvaz's hardiness scale (α=0.77), and Walker's forgiveness scale (α=0.71). The data collected from the sample were put into SPSS and were analysed using statistical methods, correlation and multipleregression. Results revealed that hope positively correlated with hardiness (r=0.51) and with forgiveness (r=0.53) and hardiness positively correlated with forgiveness (r=0.46). Also, hardiness and forgiveness predicted the changes related to the hope positively and significantly (P<0.001, R2=0.37). The findings indicated that both forgiveness and hardiness have more important roles on the hope of the students. So Forgivenes s and hardiness can contribute to the prediction of hope on the part of the students.