A Study of Relationship of Spiritual Intelligence and Adjustment of Adolescents

Abstract

Spiritual values and methods have a potential role in helping to increase emotional stability and improve adjustment. Values energize everything concerned with. For an individual, committing to and applying values release fresh energies, which always attract success, achievement and wellbeing.Adjustment refers to utilization of skills and experiences that facilitate personal integration into the society to which one belongs. Adjustment is what everybody needs to cope with life. There is no perfect individual, but adjustment makes the difference for excellence among individuals. Only an adjusted person can be happy, hopeful and productive in whatever environment he finds himself. The key objective of the present study is to enlighten how spiritual intelligence related with various facets of adjustment (home, educational, health, social and emotional) of adolescent college girls. Purposive Sampling was planned for the study. The sample of 100 female adolescents was taken from Banasthali University of Rajasthan. The subjects were administered (i) Spiritual intelligence test (Khalil A. Khaveri, 2000) (ii) Adjustment inventory for college students (A.K.P Sinha and R.P Singh,2002). Data analysis was done with the help of product moment correlation. The results disclosed the significant positive relationship with spiritual intelligence and adjustment among adolescents.