جودة الصداقة و علاقتها بالتسامح لدى عينة من المراهقين بمملكة البحرين

Abstract EN

The objective of the study was to identify the level of both friendship and forgiveness and to investigate the relationship between them, as well as to ensure the psychometric properties of the study tools.

The study was conducted on a sample consisting of )129( adolescents )50 males, 70 females( that was randomly selected from grades 8 to 11.

Participants ages ranged from )14-18( years )Means= 15.75, SD= 1.35(.

The results showed that the Quality of Friendship was at a high level, and that the percentages of the means of the Quality of Friendship and its dimensions )Mutual Closeness, Quality Advice, Quality Assisstance, Friendship Warmth, and Exceeding Relationships( ranged from 76% to 80.20%.

Moreover, the percentage of tendency to forgive reached )53.71%( showing a moderate level.

The results further revealed that the Qualily of Friendship and its dimensions were not significantly correlated with forgiveness.