Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 M.Sc. Student of School Counseling,
Abstract
Objective:This study aimed to present a structural model of mental vitality based on interest stability-effort perseverance, locus of control and cognitive appraisals, and the mediating role of friends social support in Shahrekord high school students. Method: The research was Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)descriptive-correlational and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) The statistical population was all high school students in Shahrekord in the academic year2024-2025, from which 230 people were selected using multi-stage cluster sampling. The research tools included Ryan &Frederick’s Mental vitality scale (MVS) 1997, Duckworth& Quinn’s The Short Grit Scale (Grit-S) 2009, Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale (RLCS)1966, Pentrich &DeGroot’s Cognitive Assessment Scale(CAS) 1990, and Procidano &Heller’s Perceived Social upport – Friend Scale (PSS-Fr)1983.Results; Data analysis was performed with Spss-26 and Amos-24 software using the path analysis approach. The results of data analysis showed that the fit indices of the prediction model were in a favorable state. The results of structural equation and regression analysis indicated the significance of the direct path coefficients between the variables of interest stability and effort perseverance, locus of control, cognitive appraisals, and mental vitality in the final model. The direct path coefficient of interest stability-effort perseverance on mental vitality (P=0.004, β=0.168), the direct path coefficient of locus of control on mental vitality (P<0.001, β=0.222), and the direct path coefficient of cognitive appraisals on mental vitality in students are positive and significant (P<0.001, β=0.357). Also, the results of the bootstrap test showed that the positive mediating role of friends’ social support in the relationship between interest stability -effort perseverance, locus of control and cognitive appraisals with mental vitality was significant at the P<0.05 level. Conclusion: The findings showed that interest stability-effort perseverance, locus of control, cognitive appraisals through friends social support significantly predict mental vitality in students. The conceptual model had a good fit
Keywords
- mental vitality
- interest stability-effort perseverance
- locus of control
- cognitive appraisals
- friends social support
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