التشوهات المعرفية لدى الأزواج الراغبين في كفالة طفل مسعف

Abstract EN

The current study aimed to determine the most common dimensions of cognitive distortions (self-blame and self-flagellation, exaggeration of goals and performance standards, generalization of ideas of failure) among a sample of couples wishing to sponsor a paramedic child, and to reveal the statistically significant differences between the averages of the total scores for the dimensions of the cognitive distortion scale for the total study sample due to each of the study variables, gender, and educational level.

The study sample consisted of 76 husbands and wives wishing to sponsor a paramedic child.

The cognitive distortions scale (of Ahmed Haroun 2017) was used.

The results revealed that the most prevalent dimensions of cognitive distortions among the study sample is after exaggeration in goals and performance standards, followed by self-blame.

self-flagellation, and finally after circulating thoughts of failure, While the level of cognitive distortions among the sample members was moderate.

Also, there were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the sample members according to the gender variable.

While there were statistically significant differences between the averages of the study sample members according to the educational level variable.

There were no statistically significant differences in the average scores of spouses in the dimension of exaggerating goals and performance standards in favour of males, nor in the average scores of spouses in the dimension of generalizing ideas of failure in favour of females.