Modeling the Relationship between Moral Intelligence and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Role of Religious Attitude and Moral Reasoning
Journal of Pizhūhish dar dīn va Salāmat (i.e., Research on Religion & Health),
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022),
20 June 2022
,
Page 72-88
https://doi.org/10.22037/jrrh.v8i2.34184
Abstract
Background and Objective: Due to the emergence of a positive approach to mental health in recent years, psychological well-being as one of the factors in the growth of education has attracted the attention of researchers. In this respect, identification of the factors affecting it is essential. Considering the importance of psychological well-being and its related variables, the present study aimed to examine the relationship between moral intelligence and psychological well-being with the mediating role of moral reasoning and religious attitude.
Methods: The present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the study included high school principals in Ardabil, Iran, in 2020, out of whom 137 were selected by simple sampling method based on Morgan’s table and the ratio of men and women. To collect data, four questionnaires were used by Lenik and Kiel’s Moral Intelligence Questionnaire, Golriz and Braheni’s Religious Attitude, Manavipour’s Ethical Reasoning and Reef’s Psychological Welfare. Structural equation modeling method was used to analyze the data. In this study, all ethical considerations were observed and no conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Results: Based on the results, the variables of moral hash, moral reasoning and religious attitude had a direct effect on psychological well-being. Also, moral intelligence had an indirect and significantly positive effect on psychological well-being mediated by moral reasoning and religious attitude.
Conclusion: According to the research results and considering the positive effect of moral intelligence on increasing the psychological well-being of school principals and the need of the society for healthy, vibrant and productive people, teaching moral intelligence to principals is of special importance. Also, considering the effective role of moral reasoning and religious attitudes in the psychological well-being of managers, special attention should be paid to religious attitudes and creative reasoning of managers.
- Psychological well-being; Moral intelligence; Moral reasoning; Religious attitude
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