Personal Wisdom and its Relation to Psychological Tolerance among University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the relationship between personal wisdom and psychological tolerance and to uncover the differences in the variables of wisdom and tolerance resulting from the variables of gender and specialization and the possibility of predicting the total degree of personal wisdom through psychological tolerance and its dimensions among the students of Al-Jouf University. The study sample consisted of (652) the researcher used Ardelt (2003) for personal wisdom, and Heartland (2007) for psychological tolerance. The results of the study showed a statistically significant correlation between the dimensions of the tolerance scale (the total score) and the dimensions of the measure of wisdom (and its total score). the results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences in all dimensions of the measure of wisdom (cognitive, emotional, and contemplative) and the total score of the wisdom scale according to gender variable for females. Furthermore, the results found out that there were no statistically significant differences in all dimensions of the wisdom scale and the total score according to the specialization variable. The differences were statistically significant in all dimensions of tolerance and the total degree of tolerance according to the variable of specialization in favor of the scientific specialization. The study concluded that the tolerance scale with all its dimensions can predict the wisdom of the Al-Jouf University students.