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1- MA in Educational Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2- Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
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Introduction: Wisdom is known as the highest stage of cognitive transformation and the highest level of personality transformation. Various factors such as philosophical mentality as a kind of deep thinking in life affairs, social perspective-taking as an understanding of the views of others’, and self-restraint that involve personal control about the emotions affect wisdom. The purpose of this study was to highlight wisdom based on philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint in students.
Methods: The research method is descriptive and correlational. For this purpose, 384 students  were selected from students at Bu-Ali Sina University through a multistage cluster sampling method in the  (2017-2018) academic year. The research tools included the Ardelt  wisdom scale (2003), Soltani philosophical mentality scale (1996), the social perspective-taking scale of Mohagheghi et al (2016) and Weinberger and Schwartz self-restraint scale (1990). Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation, multiple regression using SPSS software.
Results: The results revealed that philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint could predict the wisdom with a beta coefficient of 0.35, 0.21, and 0.13, respectively.
Conclusion: Based on the results of this research, it is suggested that with by emphasizing the importance and training of philosophical mentality, social perspective-taking, and self-restraint in the educational environments, it can enter wise people to the labor market and society.
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Received: 2018/12/27 | Accepted: 2020/01/16 | Published: 2020/06/30

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