Role of Spiritual Intelligence in Emotional Intelligence and Mental Health

The present research studied the role of spiritual intelligence in emotional intelligence and mental health. A total of 150 adults within the age bracket of 30 to 40 years, with equal number of males and females were administered the Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (King 2008). On the basis of their performance on the inventory, persons scoring one standard deviation above the mean and those scoring one standard deviation below the mean constituted the high and low spiritual intelligence groups respectively. These two groups were then administered the Emotional Intelligence Scale (Hyde, Pathe & Dhar 1971) and the Mental Health Inventory (Jagdish & Srivastav). Data were statistically analyzed with the help of independent group t test. Findings revealed significant differences between the high and low spiritual intelligence groups in all the dimensions of emotion intelligence as well as mental health, suggesting that the person who are high in spiritual intelligence are emotionally more intelligent and have better mental health than those with low spiritual intelligence. Results are discussed in the context of Indian cultural values.