Self-Awareness and Its Relationship to Life Orientation In A Sample of University Students

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Taif University - ٍSaudi Arabia

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The aim of the current research is to study the relationship between self-awareness and orientation towards life, knowing the level of self-awareness, and orientation towards life among a sample of university students, The study of the relationship between self-awareness and orientation towards life, and to reveal the differences between the response of the study sample about self-awareness and orientation towards life according to the variable (Study specialization), The study sample consisted of (247) female students divided into (113) female students from the Faculty of Science, (61) female students from the Faculty of Fine Arts, and (73) female students from the Faculty of Arts. A self-awareness scale prepared by (Hassoun and Raddam, 2016) was applied to the study sample, and a life orientation scale prepared by (Safra Saadoun Ahmed, 2012). The results of the study concluded that there is a positive relationship between self-awareness and life orientation, The results of the study also indicated the possibility of predicting the orientation towards life through self-awareness, and finally the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the students’ responses about self-awareness, and the orientation towards life according to the variable Academic specialization.

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