Waiting for the Savior based on hope, optimism, and locus of control on students

The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of each of the variables of hope, optimism, and locus of control in predicting expectation or waiting capacity for the savior in the Payam Noor University students in Charmahal va Bakhtiari Province. The study sample consisted of 362 university students in the second semester of the school year stated in Payam Noor (year 91-92 = 2013 to 2014 academic year), which integrates two-stage cluster sampling and were randomly selected. For measuring the variables, some available data contributed by other researchers from their published articles were used and analyzed through a descriptive statistics and stepwise regression analysis. Results showed that the average student's expectation or waiting for the savior is 60.10 per cent. Optimism variable was added to the equation, and the significance increased in predictive power, for the same variable of the students. From this study we conclude that, one of the ways to increase the student's expectation or waiting for the savior can be to enhance the student's hopefulness, or raising hopes and their locus of control.