The Role of Spiritual Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence in Predicting Death Anxiety in Female Students

Several factors affect the level of death anxiety. Some studies have shown the role of emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence in death anxiety. The aim of this study is investigating the role of spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence in predicting death anxiety in female students of Islamic Azad University of Dezful. The statistical population of the study included all female students of Dezful Islamic Azad University. For this purpose, 260 female students were selected through simple random selection. To measure the research variables, the Spiritual Intelligence Scale exquisite et al (1389), shot Emotional Intelligence and death anxiety Naharyk et al were used. To analyze the statistical data, the mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum scores and Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression were used. The results of the analysis of the correlation coefficient between intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence and death anxiety showed that there is a significant negative relationship between them. Besides, data analysis using multiple regression analysis showed that emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence are determining in explaining and predicting 36 percent of the death anxiety variation. The results of this study showed that increasing the emotional intelligence and increasing spiritual intelligence can reduce the level of anxiety in the death of the elderly, and using spirituality can be a coping strategy for individuals.