On the Relationship between Life Expectancy and Psychological Perseverance: A Case Study of Male and Female Students of Azad University of Gachsaran

In this study, the relationship between life expectancy and psychological perseverance was investigated among students of Azad University of Gachsaran (both boys and girls) in 2005-2006. Participants were 85 girls and 247 boys that were selected through random sampling among fourteen majors from three groups of humanities, engineering, and medicine- related majors. They all answered Miller’s life expectancy questionnaire and the perseverance inventory, AHI. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and Pearson coefficients were used. Results showed that there is a meaningful relationship between life expectancy and perseverance among students. Also, the results of multiple regression analysis showed that the combination of life expectancy, marriage, and age accounted for Mr = 0.56, Rs = 0.32 of hardiness among students of university which was meaningful at p = 0.0001.