The relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience and perceived stress in undergraduate students

Authors

  • Farideh Hosseinsabet Department of Clinical psychology, Faculty of psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Habil Ataei Department of Clinical psychology, Faculty of psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

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Background and Objectives: This research investigates the relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience and perceived stress in undergraduate students of faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, AllamehTabatabai University.

Materials and Methods: The design of this studywas descriptive and correlational .To do so, 150 students were selected using convenience sampling method. They were asked to respond to of the spiritual intelligence (Abdollahzadeh, 2009), patience (HosseinSabet,2007) and Perceived Stress (Cohen, 1983) scales. Data were analyzed using multi-variable regression analysis.

Results: The results showed a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience, 0/776. Also there was a significant negative relationship between spiritual intelligence and perceived stress, -0/448.

Conclusion: This study showed that the higher spiritual intelligence predict higher patience and lower perceived stress.

Keywords:spiritual intelligence, patience, perceived stress, students

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2016-04-23

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