The Structural Relationship between Social Intelligence and Self-Differentiation Mediated by the Teachers’ Religiosity

Abstract

This study, through structural equation modeling, examines the structural relationship between social intelligence and self-differentiation with the mediational role of the teachers’ religiosity. The statistical population of the present study was all 1341 primary school teachers in Bojnourd. The participants, 299 people (135 males and 157 females), were selected through cluster random sampling method; They answered the three standard questionnaires: the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (2001), the Model of Religiosity of Glock and Stark (1965), and Skowron and Lander Differentiation of Self Inventory (1986). The validity and reliability of all three questionnaires were confirmed. Data analyzed by path analysis method of structural equation modeling by IBM SPSS STATISTICS 22 software, and SPSS AMOS 16 software. The findings showed that the path coefficient between the social intelligence variable and self-differentiation in the total-effect model without a mediating variable is significant. The findings also confirm the direct effect of the components of social intelligence on the components of self-differentiation, but the religiosity variable does not mediate this relationship. According to these findings, both the religiosity and self-differentiation variables can be considered as a direct consequence of social intelligence, and, so as to increase these two characteristics, it can be suggested that measures should be taken to improve the components of social intelligence in teachers.

Keywords

• social intelligence
• self-differentiation
• religiosity
• teachers.