Predicting psychological resilience of university students in light of some variables Study on a sample of Ajman University students - United Arab Emirates

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1 Researcher at the National Center for Examinations and Educational Assessment - Egypt Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Ajman University - United Arab Emirates

2 Professor of Rural Sociology, Kafr El Sheikh University - Egypt Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ajman University - United Arab Emirates

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the level of psychological resilience for undergraduate students at Ajman University, and to study the related personal, social, and psychological variables that are specific to it. The sample consist of (260) students from Ajman University. the instruments of the study contain psychological resilience scale ,life satisfaction and  personal ambition. Study finding showed that the majority of the study sample members enjoyed high to very high degrees of psychological flexibility. The result pointed that the increase in the degrees of psychological resilience with increasing age, monthly income, satisfaction with social life, and personal ambition, The life satisfaction variable was the most influential in improving the degrees of psychological resilience, as it was solely responsible for explaining approximately 97% of the total variance in the degrees of psychological resilience. The finding also showed that the more individual enjoys a high degree of life satisfaction, the greater the degree of psychological resilience and its factors. Finally, the study recommended that attention should be paid to factors contributing to high levels of life satisfaction and that have a positive effect on psychological resilience.

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المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج
Volume 84, Issue 84 - Serial Number 84
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
April 2021
Pages 257-300

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  • Receive Date: 10 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 18 November 2020
  • Accept Date: 20 December 2020

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