?IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE AND SELFEFFICACY OF THE ELDERLY

With the growing number of elders, improving the quality of their life has been of great importance. One of the factors affecting the quality of life is self-efficacy. On the other hand, spiritual intelligence is one of the known aspects of intelligence that some studies have shown its relationship with self-efficacy, but it has not been investigated so far. Therefore, this study is aimed at investigating the relationship between spiritual intelligence and self-efficacy in the elderly. In this study, self-efficacy questionnaire Schwarz and David King Spiritual Intelligence Questionnaire was used in 2016 in Arak Metropolis. After collecting the data, the results were analyzed by software SPSS 16. Results showed that the average self-efficacy and Spiritual Intelligence of the elderly are 68/52% ± 7/27% and 78/38% ± 19/58%, respectively. ANOVA and T test results revealed that self-efficacy is associated with some demographic variables such as sex, marital status, education, lifestyle, occupation, education and going to the mosque.

Spiritual intelligence; Self-efficacy; the elderly; Ageing; Quality of life