Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Masters of clinical Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor of Psychology, Department of psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and striving for superiority with the mediating role of hope in university entrance exam students. For this purpose, in a correlational descriptive method, 386 university entrance exam students were selected through Cochran's formula and through available and voluntary sampling. the participants filled out the perceived stress questionnaires (Cohen et al., 1983), the hope questionnaire (Snyder et al., 1991), the need questionnaire (Steers, Porter, 1979) and the striving for superiority in the university entrance exam. Spearman’s correlation and structural modeling were used for data analysis. The innovation of this research was to use the variable of striving for superiority, because the entrance exam leads students to be superior to others. The results showed that there was an inverse and significant relationship between the variables of perceived stress and hope, perceived stress and striving for superiority. Also, there was a positive and significant relationship between the variables of hope and striving for superiority. In addition, hope mediated the relationship between perceived stress and striving for superiority. Therefore, it can be said that striving for superiority can affect perceived stress directly as well as indirectly through the variable of hope.
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