Ravanshenasi Wa Din, Volume 4, Issue 3, No 15, Year 2011, Pages 83-96

    Spiritual Intelligence and Subjective Well-Being

    Article Type: 
    Research
    Writers:
    Naser Aghababaei / MA in general psychology, Tehran University. / naseragha@gmail.com
    Hojjatollah Farahani / Assistant Professor of Psychology Department, Tehran University.
    Alireza Fazili Mihrabadi / MA in family therapy, Shahid Beheshti University. / Alifazeli.m@gmail.com
    83-96 2011/08/06 2011/11/25 2011/11/18
    Abstract: 
    The present paper studies the relationship between spiritual intelligence and subjective well-being. To this end, 377 University and Seminary students answered a self-rating questionnaire on spiritual intelligence, subjective happiness scale, and contentment in life scale. Such statistical indexes and methods like mean, standard deviation, t-test, Pearson correlation, and regression were used to analyze the data. The research findings show that the relationship of spiritual intelligence and the two aspects of subjective well-being (i.e. happiness and life satisfaction) is positive, the creation of personal significance is the strongest correlate and best predictor of subjective well-being, the degree of Women's contentment in life is higher than that of men and the Seminary students' spiritual intelligence is higher than that of university students. The findings indicate that the mental abilities associated to religiosity and spirituality, particularly the case of creation of personal significance, have positive role in subjective well-being. Also, the differences between men and women, and seminary students and university students have been discussed.
    Keywords: 
    Spiritual Intelligence
    religiosity
    spirituality
    happiness
    contentment in life
    subjective well-being.
    چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
    Title :هوش معنوی و بهزیستی فاعلی
    Abstract: 
    پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه هوش معنوی با بهزیستی فاعلی انجام شده است. بدین منظور، 377 دانشجو و طلبه به پرسش نامه خودسنجی هوش معنوی، مقیاس شادی فاعلی، و مقیاس رضایت از زندگی پاسخ داده اند. برای تحلیل داده ها از شاخص ها و روش های آماری شامل میانگین، انحراف معیار، آزمون t، همبستگی پیرسون و رگرسیون استفاده شده است. نتایج نشان می دهد که هوش معنوی با هر دو بعد بهزیستی فاعلی (شادی و رضایت از زندگی) رابطه مثبت دارد. تولید معنای شخصی قویترین همبسته و بهترین پیش بینی کننده بهزیستی فاعلی بوده است. سطح رضایت از زندگی زنان بالاتر از مردان، و هوش معنوی طلاب بالاتر از دانشجویان گزارش شده است. این یافته ها نشان می دهد که توانایی های ذهنی مرتبط با دین داری و معنویت، به ویژه توانایی تولید معنای شخصی، نقش مثبتی در بهزیستی فاعلی دارند. تفاوت های زنان و مردان، و دانشجویان و طلاب در هوش معنوی و بهزیستی فاعلی بحث شده است.
    Keywords: 
    دین‌داری
    معنویت
    شادی
    هوش معنوی
    رضایت از زندگی و بهزیستی فاعلی.
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