Given the role of spiritual intelligence in mental health, it is essential to identify its related variables which can decrease or increase the spiritual intelligence. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the relationship between loneliness and Internet addiction and the moderating role of field of study and gender in the relationship between the aforementioned variables and spiritual intelligence. For this purpose, from all undergraduate students of the majors of physics and computer engineering in Islamic Azad University, Dezful Branch, 285 students were selected based on classified sampling method, on whom the spiritual intelligence questionnaire SIQ (transcendent self-awareness, spiritual experiences, patience, forgiveness), Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and (UCLA) loneliness scale were conducted. The data were analyzed through hierarchical and stepwise regression and the results showed that there is a negative relationship (P <0.01) between loneliness and Internet addiction with spiritual intelligence, and this relationship does not depend on field of study and gender. This negative relationship indicates a reduction of loneliness and Internet addiction in spiritual intelligence. With increase of loneliness and Internet addiction, people’s spiritual intelligence can be reduced, and these two variables will have a more important role than field of study and gender with respect to spiritual intelligence.

Key words: Spiritual intelligence, loneliness, Internet addiction.

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