The Effect of Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence on Learning Outcomes of Islamic Religion and Characteristics of Students at SMA Negeri 5 Makassar

The objectives of this research were: 1) to describe the level of students’ emotional intelligence and students’ characters on the subject of Islamic Religious Education at SMAN 5 Makassar. 2) To describe the level of students’ spiritual intelligence and students’ characters on the subject of Islamic Religious Education at SMAN 5 Makassar. 3) To describe the students’ learning achievements and students’ characters on the subject of Islamic Religious Education at SMAN 5 Makassar. 4) To examine the influences of emotional intelligence on students’ learning achievements on Islamic Religious Education and Students’ Characters in SMAN 5 Makassar. 5) To examine the influences of spiritual intelligence on students’ learning achievements on Islamic Religious Education and Students’ Characters in SMAN 5 Makassar. 6) To examine the influences of both emotional and spiritual intelligences on students’ learning achievements on Islamic Religious Education and Students’ Characters in SMAN 5 Makassar. The methodological approach taken in this research was quantitative research methodology in which the ex post facto research design was employed. The scientific approach used by the researcher was psychological approach. The number of respondents of this study were 135 respondents in which proportional cluster random sampling was used. The data of this research were gained through a questionnaire and documentation format. The data were further analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics through the F test. The results of this research indicated that the students’ emotional intelligence at SMAN 5 Makassar was 17% at the low catego ry, 64% at the medium category, and 19% at the high category. The conclusion from this research was that the score of students’ emotional intelligence at SMAN 5 Makassar was at the medium category. In terms of the spiritual intelligence, it was apparent that the students’ spiritual intelligence at SMAN 5 Makassar was 26% at the low category, 52% at the medium category, and 22% at the high category. Therefore, the students’ spiritual intelligence at SMAN 5 Makassar was concluded to be at the medium category. In addition, the students’ learning achievements at SMAN 5 Makassar were 25% at the low category, 64% at the medium category, and 10% at the high category. Thus, the score of students’ learning achievements of the Islamic Religious Education Subjects and students’ characters were at the medium category. Firstly, based on the results of data analysis of SPSS 24 on the students’ emotional intelligence variable, it was found that th