Prediction of positive attitude to delinquency based on self- compassion, spiritual intelligence and cognitive self-awareness of high school students

The aim of study was to prediction of positive attitude to delinquency based on Self-Compassion, spiritual intelligence and cognitive self-awareness of high school students. The method of research was descriptive correlational. The study population included all high school students who were first and second grade in the first semester of the academic year 95-1394, (N=17500). were studying in schools in Ardabil. From this population, sample of 300 subjects (78 females, 222 males) were selected by cluster sampling method and required data were collected using a scale to measure attitudes toward criminal behavior of Fazli, Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire of Salovey and Mayer, self-compassion scale of Neff and cognitive self-awareness of RilooValik questionnaires. Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between Self-Compassion, spiritual intelligence, cognitive self-awareness and a positive attitude to crime (p<0.05). Regression analysis showed that Self-Compassion, cognitive self-awareness and spiritual intelligence by explanation of 6% of the variance of total score positive attitude to delinquency and 11% of the variance of subscale of Self-Compassion, it has predictability of the criterion variable (p<0.05). These findings have shown needs to serious attention of planners, consultants and authorities to issue of a positive attitude to crime of students. And it has implications for the use of interventions related to self-compassion, spiritual intelligence, cognitive self-awareness to prevention negative consequences of positive attitude to delinquency.