Cognitive dissonance and its relationship Mindfulness among common first year students in the light of some variables at the University of Hafr Al-Batin

The study aimed to reveal the relationship between cognitive dissonance and mindfulness among common first year students at the University of Hafr Al-Batin to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed two scales, the cognitive dissonance scale which consisted of (46) items, and the mindfulness scale, which consisted of (22) items. The two scales were applied to a sample of (283) male and female students, the results showed that the level of cognitive dissonance among the common first year students at the University of Hafr Al-Batin was medium. and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the level of cognitive dissonance due to the variables of gender, track and rate.
The results showed that the level of mindfulness among the common first year students at the University of Hafr Al-Batin was medium, and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the level of mindfulness due to the variables of gender and track. the results also showed that there were statistically significant differences in the level of mindfulness due to the rate variable. in excellent favor, the results showed that there was a statistically significant negative correlation between the level of cognitive dissonance and the level of mindfulness among common first year   students at the University of Hafr Al-Batin