Abstract

The present research was conducted to analyze the impact of spiritual intelligence and happiness on mental health among adults. The quantitative research design was used to find the role of spiritual intelligence and happiness on mental health among adults and a questionnaire was developed to conduct this research. Convenient sampling techniques were used and the sample consisted of adults (n=400) taken from Multan and their age range was between 25 to 55 years old. The Spiritual Intelligence Report Inventor SISRI-24 scale was used which devolved by King (2008), the Subjective Happiness scale used to measure happiness which was developed by Lyubomirsky & Ross (1997) and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) was used in the present study which was developed by Veit and Ware (1983). However, statistical analysis revealed there is an association between spiritual intelligence and happiness among adults. Results revealed that spiritual intelligence dimensions with mental health dimensions occur negatively correlate among adults. Results also showed a negative correlation between happiness and mental health among adults and the results expose that there is a notable impact of spiritual Intelligence on mental health among adults. Further, the result also shows that there is an impact of happiness on mental health among adults.

Key words: anxiety, depression, happiness, mental health, spiritual intelligence