مستوى دعم الأزواج لزوجاتهم الملتحقات بجامعة القدس المفتوحة و علاقته ببعض المتغيرات

الملخص EN

The study aimed to identify the level of husbands’ support for their wives enrolled at Al- Quds Open University according to some variables.

In addition, it tried to determine whether there was a statistically significant relationship between the level of husbands’ support for their wives and these variables: family income.

Cumulative average and academic achievement motivation.

To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire consisting of three sections was designed: the first section related to variables of the study; the second is related to the level of support that husbands offer to their wives enrolled at Al- Quds Open University; and the third section was devoted to measure the level of academic achievement motivation.

The questionnaire has been distributed to a simple random of (400) wives joining the university as students.

(378) copies of the questionnaire were restored.

The data were analyzed through the use of the program statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) .

The results showed that the level of support from husbands to their wives enrolled at Al- Quds Open University was high, and that there are significant differences in the level of support according to the variables (specialization, and level of education of the husbands) .

Results did not prove the existence of statistically significant differences in the level of support according to the variables (marital age, marital status, and number of family members) , but they showed the existence of statistically significant relationship between the level of support provided by husbands to their wives enrolled at Al- Quds Open University and the level of household income, the cumulative average and academic achievement motivation.

In the light of the results of the study, the researchers recommended that there is a need to have multiple sources of support for married students.