The Relationship between Personality and Spiritual Intelligence among Members of Young Researchers and Elite Club, Islamic Azad University

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Parviz Mirzakhni ¹ , Ali Delavar ² , Behnam Makvandi ³

1 - دانش آموخته گروه روان‌شناسی تربیتی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات خوزستان، اهواز، ایران (نویسنده مسئول). [e-mail]
2 - استاد دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی. [e-mail]
3 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات خوزستان، گروه روانشناسی، اهواز، ایران. [e-mail]

Received: 2016-06-28 Accepted : 2016-06-28 Published : 2014-07-23

Keywords: Personality traits, spiritual intelligence,

Abstract :

  Background: Spiritual intelligence represents a set of potentials, capacities and spiritual resources of their application in daily life and can increase the adaptability and well-being of the individual. In this regard it can be noted that the religious believes or religious personality are particularly relevant to spiritual intelligence. Purpose: This article explained the relationship between personality traits and spiritual intelligence among researchers and elite students. Method: The population of this study were all student members of young researchers and elite club. Using stratified random method a sample of 373 students were selected. Measurement tools were comprehensive questionnaires on spiritual intelligence test (ISIS) and five factor personality Inventory (NEO) which were designed and carried out online. The obtained data were analyzed by Pearson. Results: there was an inverse correlation between neuroticism as a personality trait with spiritual intelligence and its elements. There is a direct correlation between the elements of extroversion, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness with spiritual intelligence and its elements. Conclusion: According to these findings it can be concluded that all the influential factors of personality based on spiritual intelligence and extraversion except that an inverse relation with the other spiritual intelligence and spiritual intelligence are directly related to the components.