Explaining of wisdom based on philosophical mind, social perspective-taking and self-restraint in student

Wisdom is known as the highest stage of cognitive transformation and the highest level of personality transformation. Various factors such as philosophical mentality as a kind of deep thinking in life affairs, social perspective-taking as an understanding of the views of others’, and self-restraint that involve personal control about the emotions affect wisdom. The purpose of this study was to highlight wisdom based on philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint in students.

The research method is descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 384 students  were selected from students at Bu-Ali Sina University through a multistage cluster sampling method in the  (2017-2018) academic year. The research tools included the Ardelt  wisdom scale (2003), Soltani philosophical mentality scale (1996), the social perspective-taking scale of Mohagheghi et al (2016) and Weinberger and Schwartz self-restraint scale (1990). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation, multiple regression using SPSS software.

The results revealed that philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint could predict the wisdom with a beta coefficient of 0.35, 0.21, and 0.13, respectively.

Based on the results of this research, it is suggested that with by emphasizing the importance and training of philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint in the educational environments, it can enter wise people to the labor market and society.