The Relationship between Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence of Students

The present research aims to measure the "relationship between the spiritual and emotional intelligence of the students of Isfahan University". The research method has been descriptive-correlative and a sample of 450 individuals was selected by a multi-level random cluster sampling process. The measurement tool, which included trait emotional intelligence questionnaire by Petrides and Furnham (2003) and spiritual intelligence questionnaire, reported a reliability rating of 0/84 and 0/87, respectively. The statistical method of multi-variate regression analysis was used to analyze the obtained data. The results according to the estimation of regression analysis revealed the correlation of spiritual and emotional intelligence being visible at different aspects. The relationship between spiritual and emotional intelligence is meaningful in the sense that greater spiritual intelligence leads to greater emotional intelligence.