ORIGINAL ARTICLE Received 24 December. 2018 Accepted 23 November. 2019 Vol. 9, Issue 1, 1-5, 2020 Academic Journal of Psychological Studies Print ISSN: 2375-7450 Online ISSN: 2333-0821 ajps.worldofresearches.com 1 January, 2020 The Effect of Mental Health on Resilience and Hope among Nurses Working in Hospitals Hossein Jenaabadi *1 , Samaneh Sheikhi 2 1. Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran. 2. Department of General Linguistics, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran. A B S T R A C T The health of nurses, as care providers, influences the quality of care received by patients. The aim of the present study is to investigate the impact of nurses’ mental health on their resilience and hope .This is a descriptive-correlational study carried out on 100 nurses working at hospitals in 2017-2018. Instruments used to measure the variables of the study included General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and a Schneider’s Hope Inventory .The findings indicated that 23.35% of nurses working in hospitals of Zahedan were suspected of mental disorders and there was a significant difference between male and female nurses’ mental healt h. The results showed that there was a significant negative correlation between nurses’ mental health and their resilience. Also, there was a significant negative relationship between nurses’ mental health and hope .Mental health promotion can increase resilience and life expectancy among nurses and the effect of mental health on resilience and hope is indirect. Keywords: Mental Health, Nurses, Resilience, Hope. INTRODUCTION World Health Organization (WHO) has put the mental health, as one of the principles of primary health care, on the agenda of member countries. Physical, mental and social health is necessary for human growth and development(Townsend & Morgan, 2017; Videbeck, 2010). Mental health considered as the health of mind has various definitions from different perspectives. In 1974, WHO defined “health” as the complete physical, mental and social welfare and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity/disability(B. J. Sadock & Sadock, 2011)? In recent years the inclusion of being able to have a useful life in terms of economic and social affairs has improved the definition(B. Sadock & Ruiz, 2015). Resilience is the positive adaptation in response to adverse conditions(Leipold & Greve, 2009). However, resilience is not only the stability against damage or dangerous situations, but it is the active and productive participation in the surrounding environment. Resilience can be defined as one's ability to strike a bio-psycho balance in dangerous conditions(Anderson, 2009). From psychological perspective, hope indicates individuals’ perception of their ability to achieve the goals, developing strategies to achieve the goals and maintaining the motivation to achieve the goal(Schetter & Dolbier, 2011). * . Corresponding Author: hjenaabadi@ped.usb.ac.ir DOI: In prossing To cite this article: Jenaabadi, H., Nazari, A. (2020). The Effect of Mental Health on Resilience and Hope among Nurses Working in Hospitals. Academic Journal of Psychological Studies, 9 (1), 1-5.