Level of Spiritual Intelligence and Personality among Secondary School Students
Author : Shabnum Perween and Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed I Patel
Abstract :
Spiritual intelligence (SI) deals with the complex concept of meaning and value, consider as the highest level of intelligence. With high spiritual intelligence a person can think out of the box and take complex decision. Religiosity and SI are two different concepts, a highly religious person be spiritually low and a humanistic person can be highly religious. But, day by day SI is lacking in the society which directly affect the behaviour and higher thinking ability of young minds. Person’s behaviour and thinking capacity are important components of personality. So, this study aims to know the level of spiritual intelligence and personality of adolescents. For this, a sample of secondary school students was selected from some randomly selected schools (WBBSE & CBSE) of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. Descriptive survey method was followed to conduct the study. For this, two scales were administered to the participants related to spiritual intelligence and personality to gather the relevant information (data). Collected data was manually uploaded to the excel sheet and then analyse according to the objectives of the study. Analysis revealed difference in the level of spiritual intelligence and personality in male and female as well as WBBSE and CBSE secondary school students.
Keywords :
Spiritual intelligence, personality, adolescents.
