Prediction of Psychological Hardiness Based on Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence in Students

objective: psychological hardiness is a protective personality structure against life stressesthat plays a major role in resisting stressful events. thus, the present research aimed to predictthe psychological hardiness based on mental health and emotional intelligence in students.methods: the method applied in the research was a descriptive-correlation type. a total of348 students of payame noor university, eleshtar branch, studying in the academic year of2012/13 were selected through random sampling method. data were collected through thepsychological hardiness, mental health, and emotional intelligence questionnaires and wereanalyzed by the simple correlation coefficient and multiple regressions.results: findings revealed that there was a positive and significant relationship between mentalhealth and emotional intelligence and its components (self-motivation, self-consciousness,self-control, social awareness, and social skills) with psychological hardiness. also, stepby step regression results indicated that self-motivation (β =0.386), self-control (β=0.229),social skills (β=0.239), and social consciousness (β=0.210) are highly capable of predictingpsychological hardiness scores.conclusion: by promoting psychological hardiness through increasing mental health andemotional intelligence, we can overcome stressful and anxious factors, as well as factorsresulting in most psychological problems.