Hardiness,quality of life and well-being

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Somaye Aubi ¹ , Saeed Teimory ² , Mehdi Nayyeri ³

1 - M. A. Islamic Azad University Torbat-e-Jam Branch
2 - PhD Islamic Azad University Torbat-e-Jam Branch
3 - Islamic Azad University Torbat-e-Jam Branch

Received: 2015-06-04 Accepted : 2015-06-04 Published : 2010-06-22

Keywords: quality of life, hardiness, well-being, executive administrators,

Abstract :

This research assessed the relationships between the psychological characteristics of managers. 50 male managers of Islamic Azad University, whose average age was 40 years old, responded to Kobasa's Personal Views Survey (1986) measuring hardiness, World Health Organization Quality of Life, short-form questionnaire (1998), and the Well-Being subscale of the California Psychological Inventory (Gaff, 1987). Pearson's correlation coefficient was used for analyzing the data. Results indicated significant positive correlations among hardiness, quality of life, and well-being of managers. The factors of hardiness (commitment, control, and challenge) could respectively explain 18.2%, 28.5% and 10.1% of variance in the quality of life. Findings are discussed in relation to the role of hardiness in managers’ health.