Explaining Afflicted stress, depression and anxiety by psychoanalytic and meaning of life.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stress, depression and anxiety (mental health) by neuroticism and meaning of life. Method: For this purpose, 150 male and female students (60 male, 90 female) from Tehran University were selected using available sampling method. The questionnaire was a questionnaire for Depression, anxiety, stress (DASS), Eysenck's neuroticism, meaning in Life (MLQ) and. Results were analyzed using structural modeling method. Results: Findings of the research indicated that meaning in life had a positive and significant relationship with mental health (negative and significant relationship with stress, depression and anxiety ) and neuroticism had a negative and significant relationship with mental health( positive and significant relationship with stress, depression and anxiety ). Conclusion: Therefore, people who have high scores in neuroticism are more likely to develop depression, stress, and anxiety. Also, meaning in life reduces the risk of depression, stress and anxiety.