The relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience and perceived stress in undergraduate students

This research investigates the relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience and perceived stress in undergraduate students of faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, AllamehTabatabai University. The design of this studywas descriptive and correlational. To do so, 150 students were selected using convenience sampling method. They were asked to respond to of the spiritual intelligence (Abdollahzadeh, 2009), patience (HosseinSabet,2007) and Perceived Stress (Cohen, 1983) scales. Data were analyzed using multi-variable regression analysis. The results showed a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence and patience, 0/776. Also there was a significant negative relationship between spiritual intelligence and perceived stress, -0/448. This study showed that the higher spiritual intelligence predict higher patience and lower perceived stress.