University of Mohaghegh Ardabili Journal of School Psychology 22520821 10 4 2022 01 21 Relationship of hope, life satisfaction, self-esteem and mental health with mediating role of cognition, metacognition and progress motivation in students Relationship of hope, life satisfaction, self-esteem and mental health with mediating role of cognition, metacognition and progress motivation in students 6 20 1459 10.22098/jsp.2022.1459 FA Taghi Akbari Associate Professor,Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran Shahram Mehravar Giglou Ph.D. in Higher Education Management, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-1959-7439 Journal Article 2022 01 23 <strong>Objective:</strong> The purpose of this study was to predict mental health of students based on the hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem variables with the mediating role of cognition, metacognition, and motivation for progress.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> The research method was correlational and 256 students were selected through randomized multistage cluster sampling. They answered the questionnaire of hope, life satisfaction, self-esteem, general health, cognition, metacognition, and progression motivation.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Findings showed that the standardized coefficient is the path of direct effects of hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem with cognition, metacognition, progress motivation and mental health, and the direct effects of cognition, metacognition, and progress motivation with mental health are significant at 0.01 alpha level (p 0/01). Also, the indirect coefficient related to the hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem relationship with mental health by variables of cognition, metacognition and progress motivation are at 0.01alpha level.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> In general, findings show the effect of hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem in promoting cognitive, metacognitive and student motivation for achieving mental health. <strong>Objective:</strong> The purpose of this study was to predict mental health of students based on the hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem variables with the mediating role of cognition, metacognition, and motivation for progress.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> The research method was correlational and 256 students were selected through randomized multistage cluster sampling. They answered the questionnaire of hope, life satisfaction, self-esteem, general health, cognition, metacognition, and progression motivation.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Findings showed that the standardized coefficient is the path of direct effects of hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem with cognition, metacognition, progress motivation and mental health, and the direct effects of cognition, metacognition, and progress motivation with mental health are significant at 0.01 alpha level (p 0/01). Also, the indirect coefficient related to the hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem relationship with mental health by variables of cognition, metacognition and progress motivation are at 0.01alpha level.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> In general, findings show the effect of hope, life satisfaction and self-esteem in promoting cognitive, metacognitive and student motivation for achieving mental health. https://jsp.uma.ac.ir/article_1459_0c67f287204f8b454d6db97ea3ad1a8b.pdf