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Volume 24, Issue 2 (spring 2018)                   Intern Med Today 2018, 24(2): 146-152 | Back to browse issues page

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Kolahihamed S, Ahmadi E, Shalchi B. Explaining the Tendency to Substance Use on The Basis of Spiritual Intelligence and Wisdom. Intern Med Today 2018; 24 (2) :146-152
URL: http://imtj.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-2816-en.html
1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran. , sabakolahi@gmail.com
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
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Aims: Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by impaired individual, physiological and social performance. spiritual intelligence and wisdom can be effective as protective factors in predicting tendency to substance use. This study has aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and wisdom with the tendency to substance use among college student.
Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study, 361 College students in 2015-16 were selected from students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University using multiple cluster sampling method and Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Scale ,Three- Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) and tendency to substance use questionnaire to be completed. Data analysis was performed by SPSS 20 softwares and Lisrel.
Findings: Results showed that Correlation between spiritual intelligence and wisdom with tendency to substance use was significant (p<0.01). The proposed model was good-fitting model (p<0.05).
Conclusion: as regards spiritual intelligence and wisdom are negatively related with the tendency to substance use, it is concluded that the strengthening of spiritual intelligence and wisdom of individuals leads to reduce their substance use.
 

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Type of Study: Original | Subject: Mental Health
Received: 2017/07/23 | Accepted: 2017/12/19 | Published: 2018/05/8

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