investigating the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses of neyshabur-iran hospitals in 2019

Background: nurses are among the individuals who are under various forms of stress and physical and psychological harm due to the nature of their occupation. objectives: the present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses. methods: the method of the current research was descriptive-correlational. in this research, 183 female nurses of neyshabur hospitals were selected by convenience sampling method in 2019. participants completed king’s spiritual intelligence questionnaire (2008), snyder’s hope questionnaire (2000), and neff’s self-compassion scale (2003). the data were analyzed using spss software version 24, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and frequency percentage), path analysis method, and pearson correlation coefficient. results: the mean (sd) age of participants was 35.22(5.91) years. spiritual intelligence and self-compassion were predictors of hope in female nurses (p<0.005). overall, the results showed that self-compassion had a mediating role in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and hope in female nurses (p<0.05). conclusion: according to the findings, it seems that individuals who have high spiritual intelligence feel self-compassion and therefore are more hopeful.