Anwar Shahzad, Rana Hina
Riphah Institute of Clinical & Professional Psychology, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Management & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
Curr Psychol. 2023 May 12:1-8. doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-04717-8.
The objective of this study was to find out the predictive role of spiritual intelligence for psychological wellbeing in university students and also to assess gender differences. For that reason, data of = 250 ( = 21.8; = 1.9) students of undergraduate programs was taken from different universities of Pakistan. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, data was collected online (google form) by using purposive sampling technique and sample was comprised of 77 men and 173 women. Spiritual Intelligence (King, 2008) and Ryff's 42-item Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff, 1989, Muzzafar & Rana, 2019) were utilized for measuring variables of the study. Results were analyzed via SPSS (version 21), Hierarchical Regression and t-Test were carried out. The study results revealed that spiritual intelligence is a significant positive predictor of psychological wellbeing. It was also found that male students have high level of spiritual intelligence and psychological wellbeing in comparison to female students. Results of this study provide an implication for instructors as well as educationists to design activities which provide facilitation in increasing spiritual intelligence of students.
本研究的目的是探究精神智力对大学生心理健康的预测作用，并评估性别差异。因此，从巴基斯坦不同大学选取了250名本科专业学生的数据（平均年龄 = 21.8岁；标准差 = 1.9）。由于新冠疫情，采用目的抽样技术通过在线方式（谷歌表单）收集数据，样本包括77名男性和173名女性。使用精神智力量表（金，2008）和里夫的42项心理健康量表（里夫，1989；穆扎法尔和拉纳，2019）来测量研究变量。通过SPSS（版本21）进行结果分析，进行了分层回归和t检验。研究结果表明，精神智力是心理健康的显著正向预测因子。还发现，与女学生相比，男学生的精神智力和心理健康水平更高。本研究结果为教师和教育工作者设计有助于提高学生精神智力的活动提供了启示。
