Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Self-esteem and Self Control of Substance Abuse
Somayeh Alaei
Department of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
Rozita Zabihi
Department of Guidance and Counseling, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Islamshahr Branch, Islamshahr, Iran
Armindokht Ahmadi
Department of Psychometrics, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
Akram Doosti
Department of Cultural Sociology, Islamic Azad University, North Branch, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Mehdi Saberi *
Department of Psychiatry, Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: This study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and self-esteem, and self-control on men with addiction in rehabilitation centers of Tehran.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study sampling 200 men. From 12 treatment and rehabilitation centers in Tehran, 4 were randomly selected and fifty people from each center aged 20 to 50 with at least two years of addiction history were picked. Instruments used were: Eysenck Self-esteem Scale (ESI), Bradbury-Greaves Emotional Intelligence test, Abdullah Zadeh Spiritual Intelligence test and the Personal Control Scale (PCS).
Results: A positive relationship was found between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, self-esteem and substance abuse self-control (r=0.25, 0.21 and 0.24 at a level of confidence =0.001, respectively).
Conclusion: Promotion of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and self-esteem may prove useful in control of substance abuse in men.
Keywords: Emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, self-esteem, self-control, substance abuse