Document Type : Original research study
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and aggression among male teen soccer players. This is a descriptive practical study. Statistical community were male soccer players aged 14 to 17 years (mean age= 15.32) selected with convenience sampling among Mes-e-Kerman, Mes-e-Rafsanjan, Fajr-e-Sepasi, Foolad-e-Khoozestan and Esteghlal-e-Ahwaz. Measurement tools were King Spiritual Intelligence Scale (2008) and Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (1992). For data analysis, Pearson correlation and multiple regression techniques (enter method) were used. The results indicated that Spiritual Intelligence and its subscales (critical existential thinking, personal meaning production, transcendent awareness, conscious state expansion) had significant relation with Aggression and its subscales (Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, Hostility). Spiritual intelligence subscales predicted 0.39 of aggression`s variance. These findings refer this matter that athletes who have a high level of spiritual intelligence, show less aggression in Sports fields.
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