الفروق في أنماط التفكير في ضوء بعض المتغيرات الديموجرافية خلال فترة الحظر المنزلي

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Objective: This research aims to explore the differences in thinking patterns during the home quarantine period as a prevention of the Corona virus in the State of Kuwait, according to some demographic variables like gender, age, and educational level.

Methods: The research sample comprised 504 male and female respondents, whose ages ranged between 18 and 55 years and above.

The level of positive and negative thinking scale was used as a main tool for the study, which included two parts: the first was represented by the initial information and data of the respondents, and the second was made up of five dimensions, namely: Optimism and Pessimism, Positive Self-talk, Decision-making, Positive Risk-taking, and Emotional Thinking.

Data was entered and analyzed by the SPSS statistical program, (Version 22).

Results: There were statistically significant gender differences at the level of positive and negative thinking and its dimensions in the direction of females, except for the decision-making dimension, there were no gender differences.

There were also statistically significant differences with respect to age at the level of positive and negative thinking and its five dimensions in favor of older citizens "30 years and above", and also in the direction of higher-educated citizens "Bachelor’s degree or higher".

Conclusion: There were statistically significant differences according to the different demographic variables (gender- age- educational level) at the level and dimensions of positive and negative thinking.