The Effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Religious Faith on Self-Regulation

Abstract

Most Muslims find it hard to memorize the Qur’an due to certain factors. This research explored the effect of spiritual intelligence and religious faith on self-regulation. Having quantitative design, three instruments were used in this analysis; self-regulation scale (S-SR) (α=0.621), religious faith scale (S-RF) (α=0.986), and spiritual intelligence scale (S-SI) (α=0.890). Four hundred (400) students in the tahfiz Al-Qur’an program from some Islamic boarding schools in Surabaya were selected through purposive sampling. The results from multiple regression showed that spiritual intelligence and religious faith significantly predicted self-regulation. In other words, both spiritual intelligence and religious faith had a positive effect on self-regulation. Besides, spiritual intelligence also positively affected self-regulation. The more positive students assessed their spiritual intelligence, the higher their self-regulation. That self-regulation then made students get more engaged with their activity of memorizing the Quran.

Academic Resilience and Religiosity Among College Students Facing Post-Pandemic Learning

“…However, there are still scrimpy studies examining academic resilience and religiosity with different religious samples simultaneously. Religion is researched independently of resilience and focuses on characteristics of mental health development, as in studies by Pirutinsky related to COVID-19, mental health, and religiosity (Pirutinsky et al, 2020) or study the effect of religiosity on specific variables, such as juvenile delinquency (Taufik et al, 2020), lifestyle (Miatun & Santoso, 2020), loneliness (Laksmidara & Nashori, 2022), academic cheating (Hadjar, 2017), academic stress (Mildaeni et al, 2021), self-regulation (Utami et al, 2022), and so on. This study is even more intriguing because religion is examined without focusing solely on one religion, as is common in Indonesia, where religiosity studies are conducted primarily on Muslim respondents and only on Islamic topics, leaving members of other religions unrepresented (Jie & Ariela, 2021).…”