Relationship between spiritual intelligence and quality of life among youth: A correlational and gender comparative study

Pages: 836-839
Kirti Tyagi and Gunjan Sharma (Department of Applied Psychology, South Campus, Delhi University, Delhi)

Previous researches provide impetus which posits that an inclination towards spirituality is positively correlated with various aspects of psychological well-being. The present study attempts to understand the construct of spirituality and related concept of Spiritual Intelligence, and their relationship with quality of life as a variable of well-being. This study aims at providing an explanation regarding the same, with greater emphasis on the Indian perspective. For this, data was collected from 100 participants, who were chosen with the help of convenient random sampling. The sample included young men and women of the age group of 18 – 27 years, belonging to different socio-economic strata. Responses were collected from each participant using Spiritual Intelligence Self- Report Inventory (SISRI 24) by King (2008) and WHOQOL BREF (June, 1997). Collected data was statistically analyzed using Pearson r, along with gender comparison using t-test in relation to the dimensions of spiritual intelligence and quality of life. The analyses yielded a positive correlation between spirituality and quality of life and no significant difference was found between males and females in respective to quality of life. The present study also represents few implications for future research which can include qualitative analysis in order to get a descriptive account of youth’s well-being in relation to their experiential and subjective understanding of spirituality.