HUBUNGAN KECERDASAN SPIRITUAL DENGAN MASALAH MENTAL EMOSIONAL REMAJA

Abstract

Spiritual intelligence is closely related to the tranquility of the soul which will also affect the emotional mental
condition. This study aims to determine the relationship between spiritual intelligence and emotional mental
condition of adolescents. This research was conducted at SMPN 18 Pekanbaru Riau utilizing the descriptive
correlation research design using cross sectional approach. There were 71 respondents as the samples of the
research. They were taken based on the inclusion criteria using simple random sampling technique. The measuring
tools used were the spiritual intelligence questionnaire and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The
analyses used were univariate analysis in order to know the frequency distribution and bivariate analysis using
alternative Fisher’s Exact Test. The results showed that among 53 respondents having high spiritual intelligence, 51
respondents (96.2%) have abnormal emotional mental condition, and statistical test resulted in p value (1.000)>
alpha (0.05). Therefore, it can be concluded that Ho failed to be rejected which means there was not any
relationship between spiritual intelligence and emotional mental condition of adolescents. It is recommended that
parents and teachers should improve the emotional mental condition of the students at school.

Keywords: Adolescents, EmotionalMental Problems, Spiritual Intelligence