The mediating role of Spiritual Bypass in the relationship between the Locus of hope and Prioritizing Positivity among university students

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the statistical significance of the correlational relationships between the Locus of hope, Spiritual Bypass and Prioritizing Positivity among university students and the direct, indirect and total effects of the relationships between the Locus of hope and Prioritizing Positivity in the presence of Spiritual Bypass as an intervening variable among university students. The current research adopted the descriptive correlational approach and the sample size reached (400) male and female students from the University of Babylon for the academic year (2024/2025). The researchers adopted the research tools and extracted the values of validity and reliability for them and using several statistical methods, including confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient and path determination coefficient. The researchers reached several results and came out with a set of conclusions, recommendations and proposals.