%0 Journal Article %A Tavan, Bahman %A Ghomi, Mahin %A Moslemi, Zahra %A Jafaripoor, Hasan %A Mahmoodi, ُSeyedAbdollah %A Moslemi, Azame %T The Relationship Between Sspiritual Intelligence With Academic Motivation and Academic Vitality in Students Arak Uuniversity of Medical Sciences %J Iranian Journal of Medical Education %V 19 %N 0 %U http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-4877-en.html %R %D 2019 %K Spiritual intelligence, Academic motivation, Academic vitality., %X Introduction: Spiritual Intelligence is a type of adaptation and behavior that assists a person in order to go with the environment, health, improve performance and so on. This study was conducted to investigate the possible relationship between spiritual intelligence and academic motivation as well as academic vitality in students of Arak University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive- correlation study was conducted in the academic years 2017-2018. 341 students were selected from Arak University of Medical Sciences through stratified random sampling method taking gender into consideration. Data collected by standard questionnaires spiritual intelligence, academic motivation Fredericks et al. and academic vitality by HossianChari and Dehghanizadeh. Data were analyzed using inferential statistics Pearson correlation and independent t-test analysis. Results: The results of the Pearson correlation test revealed that there was a significant positive relationship between spiritual intelligence with academic motivation (P=0/000, r=0.284), and academic vitality (P=0/000, r=0/248). There was a significant positive relationship between academic motivation and academic vitality (P=0/008, r= 0/149). Likewise, there was a significant difference between male and female students average scores in academic vitality (P=0/001). Conclusion: Training spiritual intelligence skills, as variables in the academic achievement, which can lead to increased academic motivation and academic vitality it seems important especially in the professional performance of students. %> http://ijme.mui.ac.ir/article-1-4877-en.pdf %P 239-247 %& 239 %! %9 Original research article %L A-10-3578-4 %+ Arak University %G eng %@ 1608-9359 %[ 2019