Investigating the Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Hope in Female Nurses of Neyshabur-Iran Hospitals in 2019

Nurses are among the individuals who are under various forms of stress and physical and psychological harm due to the nature of their occupation.

The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses.

The method of the current research was descriptive-correlational. In this research, 183 female nurses of Neyshabur hospitals were selected by convenience sampling method in 2019. Participants completed King’s Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire (2008), Snyder’s Hope Questionnaire (2000), and Neff’s Self-Compassion Scale (2003). The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and frequency percentage), path analysis method, and Pearson correlation coefficient.

The mean (SD) age of participants was 35.22(5.91) years. Spiritual intelligence and self-compassion were predictors of hope in female nurses (p<0.005). Overall, the results showed that self-compassion had a mediating role in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses (p<0.05).

According to the findings, it seems that individuals who have high spiritual intelligence feel self-compassion and therefore are more hopeful.