Investigating the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Emotional Self- Disclosure with Entrepreneurship in Students of West Azerbaijan Province PNU

This study examined the relationship between psychological capital and emotional self-disclosure with entrepreneurship in students of West Azerbaijan Province PNU. This is a descriptive correlational study that aims to identify and evaluate psychological variables related to the entrepreneurial process. The population consisted of all the undergraduate students at West Azerbaijan PNU at 92-93academic year.According to the list provided by the Computer Center of the University, five academic centers of Orumieh, Khoy, Bukan, Naghade and Mahabad were selected. Among those, using stratified sampling proportional to size and gender, 1000 students were selected - 60% female (n = 630) and 40% male (n = 420) Data collected through 3 questionnaires: Luthanz’s questionnaire of psychological capital, Snell’s scale of emotional self-disclosure and Robinson, Stimpson, Fenner, & Hunt’s questionnaire of entrepreneurship.Data analysis consisted of both descriptive (mean, median, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (ANOVA and regression univariate and multivariate. The results showed that 37% of variation in entrepreneurship is accounted for by psychological capital and also emotional self-disclosure was responsible for 47% of it. There was a significant positive relationship between the four dimensions of psychological capital and entrepreneurship at the at 0.01 level. Among octoploid components of emotional selfdisclosure there was a positive and significant relationship between happiness and peace dimensions at 0.01 levels but the relationship between depression, anxiety and fear dimensions with entrepreneurship was a negative and reverse one at 0.01 levels. There was no significant relationship between jealousy, anger and apathy dimensions with entrepreneurship.