Designing a Model of Academic Vitality based on Meaning and Life Expectancy with the Mediation of Happiness in Middle School Female Students of Hamadan City

The purpose of the present study was to design a model of academic vitality based on meaning and life expectancy with the mediation of happiness in female secondary school students in Hamedan city.

The research method was correlation and structural equations. The statistical population included all the female students of the second secondary school in Hamedan city, and the statistical sample was selected based on the number of items used in the questionnaires in the amount of 370 people using the multi-stage cluster sampling method. Oxford scales of academic vitality, life expectancy, meaning of life and happiness were used to collect data. For data analysis, structural equation test was used in Amos 22 software environment.

The results showed that the meaning and hope of life have a direct and positive effect on the happiness and academic vitality of students (p<0.01). Also, happiness has a direct and significant effect on academic vitality (p<0.01). According to the results, the indirect effect of meaning and life expectancy on academic vitality through happiness was also significant (p<0.05).

According to the results, it can be said that hope and the meaning of life create motivation and a positive mental state and are effective in increasing happiness, and on the other hand, happiness plays an important role in increasing the freshness and vitality of the academic environment, which has the effect of increasing academic vitality.