Gratitude and its Relationship to the Multiple Intelligences of the University Students

Abstract

Gratitude is a positive aspect of the human psyche and the behavior is sometimes important to the human, and the personality of the individual is clearly visible and clear. It also affects behaviors such as happiness and love, coupled with improved mental health in the individual. The researcher believes that psychological variables may affect gratitude, including multiple intelligence. The objectives of the current research aimed at the following:

1- Gratitude to university students.

2- Differences of gratitude among university students according to gender (male, female)

3- Multiple intelligence among university students

4- Differences in multiple intelligence among university students according to sex variable (male, female)

5- The extent to which multiple intelligence contributes to the gratitude of university students.

The research was limited to students in the undergraduate morning studies from Anbar University and from both sexes (males and females) for the academic year (2015-2016). The sample size was ( 375) students, distributed into ( 175) males,( 200) females.

 To achieve the objectives of the current research, the researcher extracted the statistical characteristics of the parameters (the distinction and difficulty of the paragraphs, and the validity of the standards) and after analyzing the data using the appropriate statistical methods, the current research concluded the following results:

1- The students of Anbar University are very grateful.

2- There are no significant differences depending on the gender variable.

3- The students of Anbar University have many shapes of intelligence except the musical intelligence.

4- There are significant differences in some types of multiple intelligence on the basis of sex variable (linguistic intelligence, motor intelligence in favor of males while social intelligence was in favor of females). There are no differences in other species based on the same variable.

5- There is no contribution to multiple intelligence in gratitude.