Experiences of war and their relation to hope among children whose homes were destroyed in Gaza province, Khanyounis

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying the most common experiences of war in children whose homes are destroyed in Khanyounis and recognize the level of hope they have, identifying the relation between the experiences of war and hope, and knowing the differences between the mean scores of the respondents in the experiences of war and hope which can be attributed to the gender, age and the level of parent education.

the study sample consisted of (150) boys and girls (53 male child- 97 female child).

the results of the study concluded that the degree of suffering of the children whose homes are bombed and deprived of sleep was great and found that there is a strong desire in children to defend their homeland.

it also found that the level of hope was high among a sample study and there is a negative correlation between the negative experiences of war and hope and there is a positive correlation between positive experiences of war and hope.

the results did not reveal significant mean differences in negative experiences due to the variable gender or age but revealed that the male passed a positive experience more than females, and the younger passed more positive experiences than older children.

as for the variable level of parental education, the results did not reveal the existence of differences in the experiences of the war due to the mother's education level, but it revealed the existence of differences in favor of the father in the negative experiences level.

the results revealed that there is no difference in the level of hope due to the variable of gender and age of the respondents.

in regard to the effect of a variable level of parents' education of hope, the results of the study revealed that the more educated the mothers are, the more their children enjoy the highest level of hope.

finally, it did not reveal the effect of the level of education of the father on the level of hope in children.