Contributions of Social Intelligence & Stressful Life Events in Predicting Wisdom Among Teachers of Intellectual Education Schools

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the contributions of social intelligence & stressful life events in predicting wisdom, the difference of wisdom according to the difference of gender (male, female) & age (from 20 to 40 & from 40 to 60) among teachers of intellectual education school, and the differences between teachers of intellectual education schools and normal schools of wisdom. Scales of wisdom, social intelligence, & stressful life events (all designed by the researcher) were administrated to the sample which consists of (160 teachers, half of them from intellectual education schools & the other half from normal schools). The result of the study revealed that: Both of social intelligence & stressful life events correlates positively with wisdom and predict it, wisdom doesn’t differ according to the difference of gender & age among teachers of intellectual education schools, & there were no differences of wisdom between teachers of intellectual education schools & normal schools.