Structural Equation Model of Predicting Mental Health Based on Gratitude Skills andAcademic Resilience with the Mediation of School Bonding

Objective: the purpose of this study was to test the model of the causal relationship betweengratitude skills and academic resilience with mental health with the mediation of the schoolbonding in the female students of the high schools in hamedan city in the academic year of2022-2023.methods: for this purpose, 383 students were randomly selected by multi-stage clustersampling method and completed the research tools including mental health questionnaire,gratitude questionnaire, academic resilience questionnaire and school bonding scale. for dataanalysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (pearson's correlation coefficient andregression) were used with spss software.results: the results obtained by using path analysis showed that the indirect effect ofgratitude skill on mental health through school bonding is significant also the indirect effectof resilience on mental health through school bonding is also significant. the effect ofgratitude skill on school bonding is positive and significant and it is not significant on mentalhealth. also, the skill of gratitude has a positive and meaningful relationship with the schoolbonding and a negative and meaningful relationship with mental health. academic resiliencehas a positive relationship with the school bonding and a negative and significant relationshipwith mental health.conclusions: the role of gratitude skills and academic resilience has been found to have animpact on the mental well-being of high school students in general.