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The Mediating role of Spiritual Intelligence in the Relationship between Emotional Maturity and Social Performance of secondary Female Students in Zainabieh Isfahan

Document Type : Original Article

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Graduated in Positive Islamic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Naein Branch, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Background and purpose: The social performance of students and their proper education are always one of the important concerns of education and they face many difficulties on the way to achieve it. Various factors can affect students' social performance. The aim of the present study was the mediating role of spiritual intelligence in the relationship between emotional maturity and social performance of female students of second secondary school in Zainabieh, Isfahan. Method: The descriptive research was correlation type. The statistical population of the research included 2257 female students of the second secondary level of Zainabieh, Isfahan. The sample size was estimated to be 330 people based on the table of kerjci and Morgan.The sampling method was cluster. Singh and Bhargava's (1991) Emotional Maturity Questionnaire, King's (2008) Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire, and Price et al.'s (2002) Social Performance Questionnaire were used to collect information.In order to analyze the data and test the defined hypotheses, the structural equation modeling method was used and the hypotheses were analyzed with SPSS and Smart PLS software.result:The results obtained from this research showed that emotional maturity is related to social performance and the mediating role of spiritual intelligence in female students of second secondary school in Zainbiah, Isfahan. Emotional maturity is related to social performance in female students of the second secondary school of Zainbiah Isfahan, and spiritual intelligence is related to social performance in female students of the second secondary school of Zainbiah Isfahan (p<0.05).
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Volume 6, Issue 1 - Serial Number 19
Spring 2024
Pages 137-146

  • Receive Date 03 May 2024
  • Revise Date 25 May 2024
  • Accept Date 18 June 2024
  • First Publish Date 18 June 2024
  • Publish Date 20 June 2024