Level of Spiritual Intelligence of the Elderly in Jambesari Village

Abstract

The elderly experience an aging process that results in various problems both physically, biologically, socio-economically, and mentally. Spiritual intelligence can help the elderly accept and understand the changes that occur in themselves, they consider these changes as a stage of a person's development during life in the world. The purpose of this study was to describe the level of spiritual intelligence in the elderly in Jambesari Village.

The research design used is descriptive, the elderly population in Jambesari village RT 28 RW 06, Poncokusumo Malang district, with a population of 53 elderly people with a sample of 40 people, research was conducted on june 14-18 2022. The sample used was purposive sampling. The variable of this research is the level of intelligence. Collecting data using a questionnaire. Data analysis using univariate.

The results showed that half of the elderly had a high level of spiritual intelligence, namely 20 people (50%), while half of 20 (50%) elderly had a moderate level of spiritual intelligence, and none of the elderly had a low level of spiritual intelligence.

From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the fulfillment of spiritual needs in the elderly is very important so the elderly are expected to be able to improve their spirituality by fulfilling spiritual needs, such as praying God and doing good to those around them.