Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health
Spiritual Intelligence (SI) is an independent concept from spirituality, a unifying and integrative intelligence that can be trained and developed, allowing people to make use of spirituality to enhance daily interaction and problem solving in a sort of spirituality into action. To comprehensively m...
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| author | Cristina Teixeira Pinto Lúcia Guedes Sara Pinto Rui Nunes |
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| description | Spiritual Intelligence (SI) is an independent concept from spirituality, a unifying and integrative intelligence that can be trained and developed, allowing people to make use of spirituality to enhance daily interaction and problem solving in a sort of spirituality into action. To comprehensively map and analyze current knowledge on SI and understand its impact on mental health and human interactions, we conducted a scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, searching for ‘spiritual intelligence’ across PubMedCentral, Scopus, WebOfScience, and PsycInfo. Quantitative studies using validated SI instruments and reproducible methodologies, published up to 1 January 2022, were included. Selected references were independently assessed by two reviewers, with any disagreements resolved by a third reviewer. Data were extracted using a data extraction tool previously developed and piloted. From this search, a total of 69 manuscripts from 67 studies were included. Most studies (n = 48) were conducted in educational (n = 29) and healthcare (n = 19) settings, with the Spiritual Intelligence Self Report Inventory (SISRI-24) emerging as the predominant instrument for assessing SI (n = 39). Analysis revealed several notable correlations with SI: resilience (n = 7), general, mental, and spiritual health (n = 6), emotional intelligence (n = 5), and favorable social behaviors and communication strategies (n = 5). Conversely, negative correlations were observed with burnout and stress (n = 5), as well as depression and anxiety (n = 5). These findings prompt a discussion regarding the integration of the SI concept into a revised definition of health by the World Health Organization and underscore the significance of SI training as a preventative health measure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5f96230a5d0e49638104ec1dc7d6a3a12025-02-05T12:46:14ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGlobal Health Action1654-98802024-12-0117110.1080/16549716.2024.23623102362310Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental healthCristina Teixeira Pinto0Lúcia Guedes1Sara Pinto2Rui Nunes3Faculty of Medicine of the University of PortoIntrahospital Palliative Care TeamNursing School of PortoFaculty of Medicine of the University of PortoSpiritual Intelligence (SI) is an independent concept from spirituality, a unifying and integrative intelligence that can be trained and developed, allowing people to make use of spirituality to enhance daily interaction and problem solving in a sort of spirituality into action. To comprehensively map and analyze current knowledge on SI and understand its impact on mental health and human interactions, we conducted a scoping review following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, searching for ‘spiritual intelligence’ across PubMedCentral, Scopus, WebOfScience, and PsycInfo. Quantitative studies using validated SI instruments and reproducible methodologies, published up to 1 January 2022, were included. Selected references were independently assessed by two reviewers, with any disagreements resolved by a third reviewer. Data were extracted using a data extraction tool previously developed and piloted. From this search, a total of 69 manuscripts from 67 studies were included. Most studies (n = 48) were conducted in educational (n = 29) and healthcare (n = 19) settings, with the Spiritual Intelligence Self Report Inventory (SISRI-24) emerging as the predominant instrument for assessing SI (n = 39). Analysis revealed several notable correlations with SI: resilience (n = 7), general, mental, and spiritual health (n = 6), emotional intelligence (n = 5), and favorable social behaviors and communication strategies (n = 5). Conversely, negative correlations were observed with burnout and stress (n = 5), as well as depression and anxiety (n = 5). These findings prompt a discussion regarding the integration of the SI concept into a revised definition of health by the World Health Organization and underscore the significance of SI training as a preventative health measure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2362310spiritual intelligencespiritualitymental healthspiritual caremedical educationhealth education |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Teixeira Pinto Lúcia Guedes Sara Pinto Rui Nunes Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health Global Health Action spiritual intelligence spirituality mental health spiritual care medical education health education |
| title | Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| title_full | Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| title_fullStr | Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| title_short | Spiritual intelligence: a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| title_sort | spiritual intelligence a scoping review on the gateway to mental health |
| topic | spiritual intelligence spirituality mental health spiritual care medical education health education |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2362310 |
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