Estimating Self and Spouse Intelligence among Jordanians

The current study aimed at exploring self and spouse estimates of general and multipleintelligences among a sample of married Jordanian Students. Two-hundred and ten participants,recruited from Yarmouk and Al-Balqaa Universities, Jordan, completed a brief questionnairebased on those used in previous research which included an estimation of general IQ andeach of the multiple intelligence sub-types. Results of the study partially replicated the resultsfrom other multiple intelligence self-estimate studies showing sex differences on general andlogical intelligences, and confirmed previous research results that estimated verbal (linguistic)intelligence followed by numerical (logical) intelligence are the best significant predictors of estimated general intelligence. These results were discussed in terms of sex and cultural differences and some recommendations were made.