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Relationship between spiritual intelligence and self- esteem with students` educational improvement

Asadolah Khadivi, Yusef Adib and Farnaz Farhanghpour

The purpose of present study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and self- esteem with students` educational improvement. The design of the study was survey. The data were collected by standard questionnaires of spiritual intelligence and Eysenc`s self-esteem questionnaire. 357 third grade high-school students of Tabriz were selected according to Cochran formula and interviewed the validity of questionnaires was calculated by Alpha Chronbach. The results of the study indicated that there was a significant and direct relationship between spiritual intelligence and students` self- esteem. There was no significant relationship between spiritual intelligence and students` educational improvement, however. The study showed that the spiritual intelligence of boys and girls is the same. Girls` self-esteem is more than boys, but boys` educational improvement is more than girls. Also, the results of multiple regression displayed that among the four variables of spiritual intelligence. The spiritual belief, the capability of dealing with problems, self- consciousness, interest, and moral beliefs consist the 46% of students` self-esteem.