Alienation among Al-Quds Open University Students in light of some variables

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying the level of alienation among QOU

students and also aimed to identifying the effects of some variables in the

level of alienation. The present study addressed the issues of alienation as a

multi-dimensional phenomena, which theoretical and empirical research

has dealt with. Accordingly, alienation is procedurally defined by three

dimensions which are: the feeling of anomie, the feeling of social isolation

and the feeling of meaninglessness. To answer the study‘s questions and its

hypotheses, the researchers developed questionnaire to measure the extent

of the alienation‘s among QOU students. The questionnaire was administered

on a sample of (1749) students, that were chosen by the stratified random

sample. The size of the sample used was (10%) of the whole QOU population.

After collecting the data, it was analyzed by using the statistical package

for social science (SPSS). The study revealed the following results: there

were a moderate feeling of alienation among the students. The study indicated

that there were a different dimension of alienation whereby the

meaninglessness represents the dimension which causes the most suffering

among the students. Also, the study found that there are significant

differences in the degree of alienation‘s existence among QOU students

related to: marital status, academic level, the academic program, the relation

to work-power, age, and the grade point average.