The relationship between spiritual intelligence and personality traits among Jordanian university students

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants

Variable	N (%)
Sex
Male	304 (42)
Female	412 (58)
Faculty
Sciences	331 (46)
Humanities	385 (54)
Academic year
First	181 (25)
Second	173 (24)
Third	188 (26)
Fourth	174 (24)
Total	716 (100)

Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) of spiritual intelligence and personality traits

Variable	Mean (SD)
Spiritual intelligence
Critical existential thinking	3.48 (0.73)
Personal meaning production	3.90 (0.82)
Transcendental awareness	3.41 (0.66)
Conscious state expansion	3.39 (0.91)
Personality traits
Neuroticism	36.04 (5.54)
Extraversion	42.31 (5.28)
Openness to experience	39.63 (4.99)
Agreeableness	42.74 (5.68)
Conscientiousness	43.44 (5.85)

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

Table 3 Correlation matrix of spiritual intelligence and personality traits

Variable	Critical existential thinking	Personal meaning production	Transcendental awareness	Conscious state expansion
Neuroticism	0.20*	−0.06	0.03	0.16*
Extraversion	0.13*	0.12*	0.14*	0.19*
Openness to experience	0.17*	0.23*	0.13*	0.21*
Agreeableness	0.23*	0.19*	0.13*	0.17*
Conscientiousness	0.26*	0.21*	0.23*	0.29*

Note:

* Significant at a level of P<0.01.

Table 4 Results of regression analysis predicting personality traits

Spiritual intelligence	Personality traits	R	R^2	F	β	T
Critical existential thinking	Neuroticism	0.346	0.120	19.373	0.052	1.282
	Extraversion				0.218	4.500
	Openness to experience				−0.069	−1.516
	Agreeableness				0.091	2.228
	Conscientiousness				0.122	2.601
Personal meaning production	Neuroticism	0.327	0.107	17.060	−0.204	−5.048
	Extraversion				−0.032	−0.666
	Openness to experience				0.172	3.773
	Agreeableness				0.147	3.585
	Conscientiousness				0.150	3.183
Transcendental awareness	Neuroticism	0.238	0.057	8.521	−0.075	−1.802
	Extraversion				0.017	0.340
	Openness to experience				0.004	0.092
	Agreeableness				0.060	1.409
	Conscientiousness				0.215	4.447
Conscious state expansion	Neuroticism	0.305	0.093	14.593	0.052	1.287
	Extraversion				−0.029	−0.581
	Openness to experience				0.062	1.355
	Agreeableness				0.052	1.246
	Conscientiousness				0.234	4.921