Explaining Wisdom on the basis of Successful Intelligence and Coping Self Efficacy

The purpose of this study was to explain wisdom by successful intelligence and coping self-efficacy. Three hundred and twenty students (193 females, 127 males) were selected from Shiraz University in academic year 2015 using multistage cluster random sampling. The participants completed the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (Webster, 2003), the Successful Intelligence Scale (Sternberg & Grigorenko, 2002) and the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (Chesney et al, 2006). The data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling approach. The results of path analysis indicated that the model had a good fitness. The successful intelligence had direct effects on wisdom and coping self-efficacy. The coping self-efficacy mediates the relation between successful intelligence and wisdom. The findings suggest that successful intelligence enhance wisdom in students by promoting their coping self-efficacy beliefs, the educational settings should emphasize successful intelligence rather than traditional intelligence, and by providing enriched educational environments wised individuals may enter labor market and society.