السلوك الصحي لدى الموهوبين و العاديين من طلبة المدارس في محافظة عجلون و علاقته بالتحصيل الأكاديمي

Abstract EN

This study aimed to unveil the healthy behavior among a sample of talented and ordinary students from schools at Ajloun city /Jordan, and its relationship to some demographic variables (gender, class) and economic level of the family and academic achievement.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used Healthy Behavior Test which was prepared depending on Smadi & Smadi scale (2011).

To ensure the validity and reliability of the study, the sample consisted of 92 talented and 138 ordinary students who were randomly stratified selected from class of supreme basic and secondary schools.

The researcher came up with the findings using up the arithmetic averages, standard deviations and value of (T), the multi variance analysis correlation coefficient.

The study showed that the level of healthy behavior between the talented and ordinary students was high, and the results also assured that there weren’t statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the level of the total healthy behavior and its dimensions between students (Talented and Ordinary) regarding to class variable and gender variable, and there weren’t statistically significant differences at (α≤ 0.05) at the level of the total healthy behavior and protecting general health dimension and psychological & social dimensions between talented students and ordinary students and the academic achievement, and also there wasn’t any correlation relationship between the level of the healthy behavior and its dimensions between ordinary students & academic achievement These results were discussed in the light of the theoretical framework and previous studies, and the researchers recommended that it’s necessary to implement counseling programs for parents about the procedures of healthy behavior development of sons.

and it’s necessary that school curriculums and the visual and auditory media must contain the healthy behavior elements.