Abstract
The current study was designed to explore the potential relationship of wisdom
with age and gender. A sample of 400 individuals, representative of both genders
(men=185 & women=215 with age range 17-50 years) was drawn from various
educational institutions and work places of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Ardelt’s (2003)
three-dimensional wisdom scale (3D-WS) was used as a tool to collect the relevant
information. According to the results, gender accounted for significant variation in
wisdom. Men outperformed women on affective and reflective dimensions of
wisdom. However, there was no significant gender difference on the cognitive
dimension that indicates that, on average, men and women are equally high in
cognitive aspect of wisdom. A strong relationship was also observed between age
and wisdom attesting wisdom as dependent on age.
