Spiritual Intel
Spiritual
Intelligence in Prisoners and Non-Prisoners of Mazandaran Province
Ali Razipour Jouybari 1,
Masoumeh Nozari 2, Azam Nozari 3
1 MA of Low, Islamic Azad University, Damghan
Branch, Iran
2 MA of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Sari
Branch, Iran
3 Ms of statistical
Abstract: Spiritual
intelligence makes people gain an insight when facing life events and
incidents. It also makes them not to be scared of life difficulties. The study
aims to compare spiritual intelligence in prisoners and non- prisoners. In a
cross-sectional design study, 678 individuals were selected by cluster sampling
method. Data were collected through questionnaire including Spiritual
intelligence Inventory. Analysis of the
data involved T test. The results indicate difference in spiritual
intelligence at Prisoners and Non-Prisoners. The results
showed spiritual intelligence mean is greater in the group of prisoners. According
to these findings, people turn to God and spirituality in difficult
situations in order to get rid of problems. Given that spirituality could have
a positive effect on cognitive and behavioral performance, spiritual educations
in society could prevent the occurrence of crimes in difficult situations.
[Razipour Jouybari A, Nozari M, Nozari A. Spiritual
Intelligence in Prisoners and Non-Prisoners of Mazandaran Province. J
Am Sci 2013; 9(6):578-580]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience.org. 72
Keywords: Spiritual intelligence; Prisoners; Crime Full Text 72
