Psychological Well-Being among University Students
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The present study aims to identify the following:
1-The level of psychological well-being among university students.
2-The level of psychological well-being among university students according to the gender variable (male–female).
3-The level of psychological well-being among university students according to the specialization variable (humanities – scientific).
The researcher adopted the descriptive correlational method. The population of the current study are students from Al-Qadisiyah University, including both males and females from both specializations (scientific and humanities), specifically third-year students for the academic year 2025–2026.
The research sample consisted of 320 male and female students, distributed as follows: 160 students from the scientific specialization and 160 students from the humanities specialization.
The Psychological Well-Being Scale in its final form consisted of 41 items. The researcher employed the following statistical methods: Chi-square, one-sample t-test, independent samples t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Cronbach’s alpha.
The study reached the following results:
1-University students possess a level of psychological well-being.
2-There are no statistically significant differences in the level of psychological well-being according to the gender variable (male–female) among university students.
3-There are statistically significant differences in the level of psychological well-being among university students according to the specialization variable (scientific–humanities), in favor of the humanities specialization.
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