Psychological Hardiness and Psychosocial Adjustment among University Students in Gaza Governorate: Al-Azhar University and Al-Aqsa University

Authors

  • د. عايدة شعبان صالح
  • د. عبد العظيم المصدر

Keywords:

Psychological Hardiness, Psychosocial Adjustment, University Students, Gaza Governorate, Al-Azhar University, Al-Aqsa University

Abstract

The current study aims at identifying the relationship between resilience

and psycho- social adjustment among university students in Gaza Governorate.

It also aims at identifying whether there were differences among students

on both scales of psychological resilience and psycho- social adjustment

according to (sex, level of study, specialization, kind of university) . The

sample of this study consisted of (200) students: male and female students

who studied Al- Azhar University and Al- Aqsa University.

The two researchers used the Resilience scale and Psycho- Social

Adjustment scale which were designed by the two researchers as the two

main tools in this study. The two researchers used the analytical descriptive

method and they also used the appropriate statistical methods in this study.

The research outcomes reveal that resilience among the sample of

students was prevalent at the ratio %72.1, and psycho- social adjustment

at the ratio %73.1. The outcomes of this study showed that there was a

statistically significant relationship between psychological resilience and

psycho- social adjustment among the sample, and it also revealed that

there were no statistically significant differences between male and female

students on the scale of resilience according to (sex, level of study and kind

of university) .

The research outcomes also showed that there were statistically

significant differences between male and female students on the scale of

psycho- social adjustment according to sex. Such differences were in favor

of female students, whereas the research outcome revealed that there were

no statistically significant differences students according to the study level

on the scale of psycho- social adjustment, and it also showed that there

were no statistically significant differences between Al- Aqsa University

students and the students of Al- Azhar University on the scale of psychosocial

adjustment

Published

2017-06-19

How to Cite

صالح د. ع. ش., & المصدر د. ع. ا. (2017). Psychological Hardiness and Psychosocial Adjustment among University Students in Gaza Governorate: Al-Azhar University and Al-Aqsa University. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 1(29). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/957

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