Spiritual intelligence, self-esteem and mental health status among the school going adolescents

Pages:233-237
B. Surchandra Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam)
Ali Arif (Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam)

Spiritual intelligence can have positive impact on mental health and it can enhance the self esteem of the adolescent’s. Further it can lead to better ability to solve problem, can attain goals and can improve overall quality of life of the adolescent’s. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence, self esteem and adolescent’s mental health. The present study was a cross sectional survey .The research was conducted in two English medium school of Imphal, Manipur .Forty male and forty female were selected from classes 8th to 12th standard .With the help of school authority and parental consent, school going adolescent were selected using random sampling technique. Socio-demographic details were filled and subsequently The Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory, Self Esteem Scale, and Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire were administered. Spiritual intelligence was positively correlated with self-esteem [r=.829, p≤ 0.01].Emotional symptoms [r =-.102], Hyperactivity [r =-.221], Peer problem [r =.109] and Conduct problems [r =-.046] were negatively correlated with spiritual intelligence. Pro social behavior [r =.492, p≤ 0.01) has a significant positive correlation with Spiritual intelligence. The present study suggested that spiritual intelligence has relationship with self esteem and mental health status of adolescents. So, enhancement of spiritual intelligence can be taken as a strategy for promotion and prevention of psychiatric problem among adolescents and for enhancement of quality of life.