Family Secondary Traumatic Stress as a predictor of Emotional Mindfulness in high school students

Ali, Ahmed Ramadan

doi:10.21608/jsre.2021.69080.1295

Family Secondary Traumatic Stress as a predictor of Emotional Mindfulness in high school students

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Ahmed Ramadan Ali

College of Education - New Valley University

10.21608/jsre.2021.69080.1295

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the family secondary traumatic stress as a predictor of emotional mindfulness in high school students. The researcher used in his study the descriptive and comparative approach. The study sample included (508) male and female high school students, in the New Valley, in the second semester of the academic year 2020-2021 AD,
The Family Secondary Traumatic Stress scale and emotional mindfulness scale (the two scales prepared by the researcher) were applied to them. The most important results of the study indicated that There is a weak level of family secondary traumatic stress. There is a high level of emotional mindfulness. There is a negative correlation, and a statistically significant, between family secondary traumatic stress and emotional mindfulness. Affective reflection can be predicted from family secondary traumatic stress. There is a statistically significant difference in family secondary traumatic stress, according to the gender variable (male - female), in favor of female students. There is no statistically significant difference in family secondary traumatic stress, according to the variable of specialization (scientific - literary). There is no statistically significant difference in emotional mindfulness, according to the gender variable (male - female). And there is no statistically significant difference in emotional mindfulness, according to the variable of specialization (scientific - literary).

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Educational psychology

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