The objective of this study was to find out the predictive role of spiritual intelligence for psychological wellbeing in university students and also to assess gender differences. For that reason, data of N= 250 (M _age = 21.8; SD= 1.9) students of undergraduate programs was taken from different universities of Pakistan. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, data was collected online (google form) by using purposive sampling technique and sample was comprised of 77 men and 173 women. Spiritual Intelligence (King, 2008) and Ryff’s 42-item Psychological Wellbeing Scale (Ryff, 1989, Muzzafar & Rana, 2019) were utilized for measuring variables of the study. Results were analyzed via SPSS (version 21), Hierarchical Regression and t-Test were carried out. The study results revealed that spiritual intelligence is a significant positive predictor of psychological wellbeing. It was also found that male students have high level of spiritual intelligence and psychological wellbeing in comparison to female students. Results of this study provide an implication for instructors as well as educationists to design activities which provide facilitation in increasing spiritual intelligence of students.

本研究的目的是找出精神智力对大学生心理健康的预测作用，并评估性别差异。因此，N =250（M _年龄=21.8；SD =1.9）本科生的数据取自巴基斯坦不同大学。由于 COVID-19 大流行，我们使用有目的抽样技术在线收集数据（谷歌表格），样本包括 77 名男性和 173 名女性。使用精神智力（King，2008）和 Ryff 的 42 项心理健康量表（Ryff，1989，Muzzafar & Rana，2019）来测量研究的变量。结果通过SPSS（版本21）进行分析，进行层次回归和t检验。研究结果表明，精神智力是心理健康的重要积极预测因素。研究还发现，与女学生相比，男学生的精神智力和心理健康水平较高。这项研究的结果为教师和教育工作者设计有助于提高学生精神智力的活动提供了启示。