The relation between religiosity and spiritual intelligence and their effect on student's academic achievement

The purpose of present study was to investigate of the relation between religiosity، spiritual intelligence and students'' academic achievement With regard to gender differences. Research design was descriptive. The study sample included 150 of Isfahan University''s bachelor students (70 female& 80 male، that through Multistage Cluster Sampling method were selected. In order to collect data Religiosity Measurement Scale (RAS) and spiritual intelligence questioner (SIQ) were used. Data with Pearson correlation، multiple regression techniques and MANOVA were analyzed.. The result showed that Religiosity has a significant effect on spiritual intelligence and its components. Religiosity had not significant effect on student''s academic achievement. While Spiritual intelligence was a strong predictor for the students'' academic achievement. Scores of female students in religious and spiritual intelligence scales were higher than male students. Based on our findings we can conclude that religiosity can facilitate and help to growth of Spiritual.