Spiritual Intelligence And Rejection Sensitivity Among Young Adults

ABSTRACT

Aim: The aim of the study was to scrutinize the impact of spiritual intelligence on rejection sensitivity among young adults. The study also assessed the association between, Spiritual intelligence and rejection sensitivity. Methods: The data was drawn from an online survey of 203 adults between the age of 19-30 years, through convenience sampling the data was collected using, The Spiritual Intelligence Self-Report Inventory (SISRI 24), constructed by David B King and the RS-Adult questionnaire (A-RSQ) is an adaptation of the RSQ developed by Downey & Feldman, 1996. Statistical Analysis Used The statistical technique of correlation was used to access the relationship between spiritual intelligence and rejection sensitivity, a t-test to access the gender difference in spiritual intelligence and rejection sensitivity was also used. Regression analysis was also used to understand the impact of spiritual intelligence on rejection sensitivity. Results: The findings of the study indicated that there is a negative correlation between spiritual intelligence and rejection sensitivity. In males and females, there was no significant gender difference in spiritual intelligence and rejection sensitivity which is in line with the previous studies. Finally, in terms of impact, spiritual intelligence had an impact of 42% on rejection sensitivity.