Developing a Causal Model of Psychological Hardiness in Medical Students Based on personality traits mediated by academic self-efficacy

Introduction: Problems such as poor academic performance or dropouts in medical students who are considered messengers and community health authorities have attracted the attention of many researchers to find way or ways to enhance Find the academic motivation in them.  Aim: This study aims to develop a causal model of hardiness Psychology of medical students was based on personality characteristics mediated by academic self-efficacy was done Material & Methods This study was a descriptive and structural equation study. The statistical population consisted of all medical students of Islamic Azad University of Boroujerd Branch during the year 2019-2020. Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire (Goult & Long, 2003), Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Patrick et al., 1997) and Short-Form Five Personality Traits Questionnaire (Costa & McCree, 2004) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Pearson correlation coefficient, multivariate regression and structural equation modeling using SPSS-24 and AMOS-22 software. Results: The conceptual model of the study was acceptable. Overall, in the proposed model of research, the results showed that personality traits are directly and indirectly correlated with psychological hardiness through medical self-efficacy in medical students. The results also showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy and psychological hardiness (P <0.05). The relationship between personality traits and academic self-efficacy was positive and significant (P <0.05). Conclusion: Based on the results we can say Personality traits and academic self-efficacy are important determinants of students' psychological hardiness.