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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-03-59-13
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2018.03.59.13
Language: English
Citation: Amiri A, Balouch S (2018) RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIAL DESIRABILITY AND SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS (CASE STUDY OF SECOND-GRADE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIKSHAHR COUNTY). ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 03 (59): 86-92. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-03-59-13 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2018.03.59.13 |
Pages: 86-92
Published: 30.03.2018
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social desirability, spiritual intelligence and academic achievement of second-grade high school students in Nikshaher City. The research method was descriptive correlational. The study population consisted of all second-grade high school students who are studying at school during 2017-2018. The statistical sample was selected using simple random sampling (315 students). The data were analyzed both at descriptive and inferential levels. Stober's social desirability questionnaire with 0.90 reliability was used for examining social desirability, King's Spiritual Intelligence questionnaire with 0.86 reliability for spiritual intelligence, and for measure of students’ academic achievement their grade point average (GPA) in the first semester was used. Research findings indicate that social desirability is associated with Critical Existential Thinking, Personal Meaning Production, Transcendental Awareness, Conscious State Expansion and total spiritual intelligence. Similarly, academic achievement is associated with Critical Existential Thinking, Personal Meaning Production, Transcendental Awareness, Conscious State Expansion and total spiritual intelligence. There is also a relationship between social desirability and academic achievement. Among the constructs of spiritual intelligence, critical existential thinking and transcendental awareness have better predictability of social desirability among students.
Key words: social desirability, spiritual intelligence, academic achievement
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