| Objectives: In the nursing profession, moral intelligence and resilience are essential components for ethical decision-
making and coping with stress. The aim of the present study was to examine moral intelligence and its relationship
to resilience in nursing students.
Methods: A total of 280 nursing students at Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran, participated in this descriptive
correlational study in 2017. The data collection instruments used were a demographic questionnaire, the Lennick
and Kiel Moral Competency Inventory, and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Analysis yielded descriptive
statistics and inferential statistics about the data.
Results: The mean moral intelligence score of the nursing students was 78.54±8.57 and there was a significant relationship
between the total moral intelligence and resilience scores and their respective dimensions (p>0.001). Multiple linear
regression analysis revealed that the variables of age and grade point average demonstrated a significant relationship to
resilience and moral intelligence and that these variables predicted 43% variance in resilience among the nursing students.
Conclusion: Given the importance of resilience in the stressful working environment of nursing and the effects that
high moral intelligence can have on resilience, it is suggested that nursing managers emphasize moral intelligence in
training, especially for nursing students and new nurses. |