Unlocking Happiness: The Power of Spiritual Intelligence for Emerging Adults

The present empirical investigation has been conducted with the objective of assessing the level of spiritual intelligence and happiness among emerging adults. Furthermore, it was also expected that the variables would be positively correlated and that spiritual intelligence would predict happiness among the population. Hence, standardized measures on spiritual intelligence and subjective happiness were administered to 163 emerging adults from private (deemed-to-be) universities enrolled in different UG and PG courses in psychology. The statistical findings support the proposed hypothesis by revealing positive associations of spiritual intelligence with happiness as correlation values range from (r = 0.26 to r = 0.59; p < .01). It was hypothesized that transcendental awareness and the expansion of the conscious state would positively predict happiness. Multiple regression analyses were used in order to assess the predictive role of the dimensions of spiritual intelligence on subjective happiness. 7% of the variance is contributed by the TA (β = 0.19; F = 12.79; p = .05) towards the prediction of SH, and an additional 3% of the variance has been contributed by CSE (β = 0.18; F = 4.90; p = .05) towards the same. Both predictors contribute 10%; the remaining 90% of the variance could be explained by personal and environmental factors not observed under the present empirical investigation.
Overall, the findings demonstrate that spiritual intelligence can play a crucial role in promoting happiness, particularly among emerging adults.