The Survey of the Role of Moral and Social Intelligence in High-Risk Behaviors of Students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in the 2016-2017 Academic Year

High-risk behaviors endanger the health and well-being of individuals. Therefore, it is important to recognize the factors that affect it. So the aim of this study was to investigate the role of moral and social intelligence components in high-risk behaviors of students.

The research method was descriptive. The population consisted of all male and female students studying at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in the 2016-2017 academic year that according to Krejcie and Morgan’s table, 383 students were selected by multistage cluster sampling method. For data collection Lennick and Kiel’s students’ moral intelligence questionnaire, Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS), and the youth high-risk behaviors scale were used. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis (stepwise).

Correlation coefficients showed that except the sympathetic component with alcohol consumption and the components of truth and forgiveness with the tendency to high-risk sexual behaviors that were not meaningful, there were significant negative relationships between the other components of moral intelligence and the components of high-risk behaviors (p

Moral intelligence and social intelligence play an important role in reducing the incidence of high-risk behaviors in students. Therefore, in the educational programs for the prevention and reduction of high-risk behaviors among students, moral intelligence and social intelligence require more attention.