Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Hassan mahmoudian ¹
• hadi Safarian ²
• Hossein Hashemzadeh vaez ³
• Seyed Abdolah Mir Mohammad Tabar ⁴
• shirin rezvani far ⁵

¹ PhD Student of evaluation and measurement in Alame Tabataba'i university

² PhD Student of Psycology in Alame Tabataba'i university

³ MA af Educational Psycology in Semnan University, Corresponding author

⁴ MA of Educational Psycology in Semnan University

⁵ PhD Student of evalution and Measurement in Alame Tabataba'i university

Abstract

One of the most important effects in life satisfaction is goal and positive orientation to life. The purpose of this research was to study the relation between life Orientation and advancement goals with students’ life satisfaction. 362 students in Semnan University responded to questionnaires of life orientation, advancement goals and life satisfaction. The findings showed that there is a negative relation between pessimistic variable and life satisfaction. Also, there is a positive relation between life satisfaction and others. Thus, the findings showed that optimistic attitude, advancement goal of performance –ignorance, pessimistic attitude and advancement goal of control- approach effect on predicting life satisfaction. The results showed that life Orientation and advancement goals caused predicating life satisfaction.

Keywords

• Life orientation
• progress goals
• Life Satisfaction