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Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence and Attachment Styles with Identity in Students at the Universities of Isfahan Province

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The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between attachment styles and identity styles and spiritual intelligence in Isfahan University student in school year 93-1392. The subjects were 281 students who were selected by stratified sampling proportional to size. The data collection instrument were Brzvnsky identity style, Hazen and Shour adult attachment style (1993) and Spiritual Intelligence Scale(1392). The Cronbach alpha reliability of questionnaire survey calculated .73, .51 and .97 respectively. The data obtained were analyzes in both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed there is a significant positive correlation(r =0.185) between spiritual intelligence information identity style. This relationship suggests that students who have a higher spiritual intelligence, the higher informational style. Spiritual Intelligence there is no significant relationship(r =0.114) with the normative identity style. This relation implies that spiritual intelligence is independent of the normative identity style. Spiritual intelligence there is no correlation(r =0.114) with diffuse identity style. This relation implies that spiritual intelligence is independent of the light diffusion identity. There is positive relationship (r =0.224) between Spiritual intelligence and commitment is significant. This relationship suggests that students who have a higher spiritual intelligence, higher commitment. Avoidant attachment style has a significant negative relationship between the normative identity style and identity information. This relationship suggests that students who have a strong attachment avoidance, have less the informational style and normative identity style. But there is no a significant relationship between secure and ambivalent attachment styles and informational identity, normative styles and commitment.