Volume 20 No 13 (2022)
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Social Intelligence and Mindfulness: Impact on Mental Health and Career Decision Making Among College Students
Iram Shehzadi, Aziz Ul Nisa, Dr. Farah Latif Naz, Jawaad Ahmed , Aleen Fatima, Dr. Ismat Ullah Cheema, Dr. Muhammad Rafiq
Abstract
The current research aims to identify the impact of social intelligence and mindfulness on mental
health and career decisions making among college students. The correlational research design and the
sampling method were convenient. The study's sample comprised 202 college students boys (n = 69),
girls (n= 133). A demographic sheet was designed to collect data from the participants. Four scales were
used: the Career decision difficulty questionnaire, the Depression anxiety stress scale (DASS), the
Mindfulness attention awareness scale (MASS), and Tromso social intelligence scale. The statistical
package for social sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 analyzes the data. The outcomes revealed that there is a
significant positive relationship between social intelligence and career decision-making (r = .31, p < .001),
and also Social intelligence has a significant negative association with mental health problems (r = -1.7,
p<.001). Moreover, mindfulness has a non-significant negative relationship with career decision-making
(r= -.07, p <.05) and also, Mindfulness has a significant negative relationship with mental health problems
(r = -.18, p <.001). It has been concluded that if college students have an advanced level of social
intelligence & mindfulness, they would have an advanced level of career decidedness and a lower level of
mental health problems
Keywords
Decision making, SI; social intelligence, Mindfulness, Mental health
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