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

The present study aimed to develop a structural model of psychological well-being based on optimism and resilience.

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.

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.

Students' psychological well-being is predictable based on optimism and resilience.