Coping With Psychological stress as Predictors of self-efficacy in health Practitioners in Hail during the Pandemic Covid -19

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Department of Psychology - University of Hail - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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The study aimed to identify the methods of coping psychological stress as predictors of self- efficiency in health practitioners in Hail city during the pandemic of Covid-19 , as well as, recognizing the variables:
Academic qualification and job grade, in determining the level of self- efficiency and psychological stress, for health practitioners in the city of Hail as a result of Covid -19.
The research relied upon the Descriptive approach, the sample of the study consisted of 430 health practitioners (males: 185 & females: : 245) who have a direct connection with Covid -19 in the health cluster in the city of Hail.
 The research resulted in rejecting the first hypothesis "there is an average level of self- efficiency among health practitioners," and thus rejected the second hypothesis "there is an average level of psychological stress in health practitioners."
The results revealed the lack of statistically significant differences between the averages of the sample responses to the self-efficacy scale, and the measurement of psychological stress related to gender (male-female). The results showed,  as well, no significant differences in the level of self-efficacy related to the academic qualification, however, the results showed statistically significant differences in self- efficacy related to job- grade in favour of " employee - technician " job-grade.
                The results also showed statistically significant differences in the level of psychological stress attributed to the academic qualification variable, in favour of “post- graduates". The results revealed as well statistically significant differences in the level of psychological stress attributed to the job-grade variable in favour of "physician" job-grade .The results also revealed the rejection of the fourth hypothesis which stated : "coping with psychological stress contributes in the prediction of self-efficacy in health practitioners in Hail as caused by Covid -19".

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