Referential activity analysis of The Psychological Research Directions About Covid-19 Pandemic

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor of Psychological Counseling - Department of Psychology, Al Sharqiya University, Sultanate of Oman

2 Associate Professor of Educational Psychology. Department of Psychology, Al Sharqiya University, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

The current research aimed to Referential activity  analysis of the research directions of psychological studies that dealt with the psychological effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Sultanate of Oman in the period from February 2020 to May 2023. The study used the qualitative descriptive approach by relying on the Referential activity analysis Scales. The Results concluded that the research directions of psychological studies on the Covid-19 pandemic in the Sultanate of Oman included five main topics, namely: (1) mental disorders associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, (2) the level of mental health among health workers, (3) the psychological and educational effects associated with By switching to distance Learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, (4) the psychological effects of home quarantine and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, (5) the psychological aspects related to addiction to social media during the Covid-19 pandemic, and these Directions  were evident through the Means on Measures of Referential activity  , where the Means of Concreteness and specificity, clarity and Imagery  were 8.3, 8.4, 8.2, 8.7, and the average of those dimensions reached (7.76) and is in the simple high level. Comprehensiveness in those directions and recommendations have been developed based on the results that have been reached.

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Volume 114, Issue 114 - Serial Number 114
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
October 2023
Pages 755-785
  • Receive Date: 19 July 2023
  • Revise Date: 10 August 2023
  • Accept Date: 14 August 2023