Author Name: – Vimala M, Dr. Anthony William George, Date:- 30 May 2024
Background: Academic stress is a growing concern among undergraduate students, where academic competition and expectations are high. Excessive academic stress can negatively affect students’ mental health and academic performance. Spiritual intelligence is characterized as the capacity of humans to ponder the ultimate meaning and purpose and the intertwined nature of our relationship with the world around us. It helps individuals to manage stress by promoting emotional stability, self-awareness, and resilience. This study explores the relationship between spiritual intelligence and academic stress among undergraduate students in North Bangalore, aiming to understand whether spiritual intelligence can act as a buffer against academic pressures.
Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and academic stress among undergraduate students in North Bangalore. It seeks to determine whether higher levels of spiritual intelligence are associated with lower levels of academic stress. The study also aims to highlight the potential role of spiritual intelligence as a coping mechanism for managing academic stress.
Method: The scale used used for measuring the Spiritual Intelligence was ‘The Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI-24)’ which was constructed by David King (2008). The Academic stress scale consisting of forty items representing five stressor domains namely; Cognitive, Affective, Behavioral, Physical and Social was developed (based on Sinha et al.,(2001)’s thirty item Scale for Assessing Academic Stress). The purposive sampling method used to collect 217 male and female college students ranging between 18 to 25 years of age. test, as a part of quantitative research
Result: The current study shows that there is a significant positive correlation between Spiritual intelligence and Academic stress among the graduate students and the findings indicate that there was no significant difference among male and female students
Keywords: Spiritual intelligence, Academic stress, Adolescence, Graduate, Relationship.
