Eftekhar Shabani - M.A student of educational psychology, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran
Aboutaleb Seadatt Shamir - PhD of educational psychology, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran

This paper examines relationship between Sensation seeking andquality of life with hope of life in Tehran high school teachers.Sample consists of 367 teachers which have chosen by multi-clusterrandom sampling. Quality of life questionnaire, life hopesquestionnaire and sensation seeking questionnaire were employedto collect data. Data analysis involved both descriptive andinferential statistics including mean, standard deviation, Pearson'scorrelation coefficient and multi stage regression analysis andsequential equation modeling. Finding reveals that Sensationseeking, hope of life and life quality can significantly predict qualityof life. Among 7 sub variables of sensation seeking 3 sub variables(total sensation seeking variety seeking and get redness) and hopeof life and motivation in hope of life variable have significant effecton quality of life. Finally all factor load predicted latent variablessignificantly. Positive sensation seeking helps teacher to increasetheir hope of life.

Sensation seeking, Quality of life, Hope of life