Spiritual Intelligence and Its Relation with Psychological Stability of a Sample of Students from the College of Arts and Sciences in the University of Petra

Mahmoud Jamal Alsalkhi

Abstract


This study aims at investigating the level of spiritual intelligence as well as the level of the psychological stability of a sample of female students consisting of 127 individuals of various specialties including: Arabic Language, English Language, Chemistry, Educational Sciences, Modern Languages, and Mathematics. Also, the study aims to explore the connection relationship between two variables (Spiritual Intelligence and Psychological Stability). In order to accomplish the study objectives, the researcher used a measure for the spiritual intelligence level, and another measure for the psychological stability level. The study indicated a high level of both spiritual intelligence and psychological stability as reflected by the individual study samples. Also, the study indicated the absence of any statistical indicative differences that may be attributed to the academic level or the accumulative average. However, the study showed an existence of statistical indicative differences in the level of spiritual intelligence attributed to the area of specialty, and in favor of the educational sciences specialty. In addition, the study revealed the existence of a strong positive connection between spiritual intelligence and psychological stability.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.3.8


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Spiritual Intelligence, Psychological Stability.

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