The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Resilience among Male teen Soccer Players

the purpose of this study was investigating the relationship between spiritual intelligence and Resilience among male teen soccer players. Present study is a descriptive practical study. Statistical community are male soccer players aged 14 to 17 years old (mean age= 15.32) selected with convenience sampling among Mes-e-Kerman, Mes-e-Rafsanjan, Fajr-e-Sepasi, Foolad-e-Khoozestan and Esteghlal-e-Ahwaz. Measurement tools were King Spiritual Intelligence Scale (2008) and ConnorDavidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC, 2003). For data analysis, Pearson correlation and multiple regression techniques (enter method) were used at the same times. the results indicated that Spiritual Intelligence and its subscales (critical existential thinking, personal meaning production, transcendent awareness, and conscious state expansion) had positive and significant relation with Resilience. Spiritual intelligence subscales predicted 0.24 of Resilience`s variance. these findings refer this matter that athletes who have a high level of spiritual intelligence, show greater resiliency in difficult conditions.