The dualistic model of academic passion among first-year students at King Saud University in the light of some variables

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Educational Psychology King Saud Universities and Matrouh

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 The current study aimed to reveal the level of academic passion and identify the dualistic model of academic passion among first-year students at King Saud University, In light of the variables of gender, academic specialization, and academic achievement. The study sample consisted of (345) male and female students with an average age of (18.38) years with a standard deviation of (0.88), they were selected by stratified random method, and they were applied to the academic passion scale prepared by the researcher. The study reached a number of results; including: that the level of academic passion as a whole and the harmonious passion, was high, The results also indicated that harmonic passion is the most prevalent among the study sample. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences in the academic passion according to the variable Gender in favor of females, and there were statistically significant differences in academic passion according to the variable of academic specialization in favor of students of humanities colleges, Also, a positive significant correlation was found between academic passion (total score- Harmonious passion) and academic achievement, and a negative, non-significant correlation was found between Obsessive passion and academic achievement.

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