02092nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002300118653001900141653001300160653000900173100002700182700001500209700002100224700002100245700002200266245009500288300001200383490000700395520142000402022001401822020001401836       2025                            d  c12/2025bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aEmerging adulthood10aFuture anxiety10aWellness10aHope1 aArzu Ta delen-Karçkay1 aEmre Aslan1 aMelikegül Bedir1 aElif evval Demir1 aIrem Sıla Ballı00aThe Relationship between Future Anxiety and Wellness: What is the Role of Hope and Gender?  a136-1470 v313 aIntroduction: Anxiety about the future can have various effects on individuals’ lives; these concerns can pose a significant risk to the wellness of emerging adults, especially those who are in the process of identity exploration. This study aims to investigate the moderating role of gender and the mediating roles of the hope agency and hope pathways sub-dimensions of hope in the link between future anxiety and wellness. Method: The sample consisted of 334 university students (62.6% female and 37.4% male) aged between 18 and 28 years (M = 21.07; SD = 1.96). Data from the participants were collected using a personal information form, the Future Anxiety Scale in University Students, the Wellness Scale for Emerging Adults, and the Dispositional Hope Scale. The PROCESS macro was used to analyse the moderating role of gender and the mediating roles of hope agency and hope pathways in the relationship between future anxiety and wellness in emerging adults. Results: Hope agency, one of the sub-dimensions of hope, has a mediating role in the relationship between future anxiety and wellness (B = −.11, 95% CI = −.16 to −.06). Gender also plays a moderating role between future anxiety and wellness (β = −.12, 95% CI = −.20 to −.03). Conclusion: In the relationship between future anxiety and wellness in emerging adults, hope agency plays a mediating role, and gender plays a moderating role.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437