ABSTRACT
Background and Aims: mental health is a character that affect on different component of life and Spiritual intelligence as the foundation of one's beliefs assists him in solving problems in the level of value. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between SI and general health in students of Fasa University of Medical Sciences [FUMS]
Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study in 2013, 370 students of FUMS were studied by a convenience sampling method. Demographic data, Goldberg general health questionnaire- 28 and spiritual intelligence questionnaire in four domains: Doctrinal, Deal with problems, Moral character, Consciousness and love were used. Data were analyzed via SPSS version 18 and analysis of variance ANOVA, t-test and Pearson correlation was done
Results: General health was correlated with spiritual intelligence [r=-0.52, p<0.001]. 69.7% of students had good general health. The mean of Spiritual Intelligence scores was 151.6 +/- 17.3. Doctorinal domain was higher for women in comparison to men; 50.8 +/- 7.4 vs. 48.2 +/- 7.3 [P<0.01] and points of consciousness and love in married and single groups were 26.2 +/- 3.8 and 24.3 +/- 5.0, respectively [P<0.05]. Scores of dealing with problems was significantly different in the students of emergency medicine from the other groups
Conclusion:According to this study and association between general health and spiritual intelligence, is recommended that with planning to upgrade the spiritual intelligence of students help them to solve psychological and value problems