التوافق النفسي و علاقته بالهوية الثقافية و التحصيل الأكاديمي لدى طلبة فلسطينيي الداخل في الجامعات الإسرائيلية

Abstract EN

This study aimed to reveal the psychological adjustment and its relationship with cultural identity and academic achievement among Palestinian students at Israeli universities.To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers developed two tools to detect the level of psychological adjustment and cultural identity.The study sample consisted of (412) students, of whom (214) male students, and (198) female students selected from the total study population.

The results of the study showed that the level of psychological adjustment among Palestinian students at Israeli universities was low.The results of the study showed that there were significant statistical differences in the level of psychological adjustment due to the impact of gender in the social and family adjustment dimensions in favor of males; there were no significant statistical differences in psychological adjustment due to the impact of specialization in all dimensions with the exception of emotional adjustment dimension in favor of humanistic specializations; there were significant statistical differences in psychological adjustment between the fourth year and each of first, second and third year in all dimensions in favor of the fourth year.The results also showed that the level of cultural identity among Palestinian students at Israeli universities was moderate.The results indicated the existence of a positive significant correlation between social and emotional adjustment dimensions and the ranks of cultural identity scale (language, religion, affiliation, university education and cultural identity as a whole) , and a negative significant correlation between social and emotional adjustment dimensions and the racial discrimination rank.There is a positive significant correlation between the psychological adjustment dimension and the ranks of cultural identity scale (religion, affiliation and cultural identity as a whole) ; there was a positive significant correlation between psychological adjustment as a whole, and the ranks of cultural identity scale (language, religion, affiliation, university education, and cultural identity as a whole) ; there was a negative significant correlation between psychological adjustment as a whole and the racial discrimination rank.Results of the study pointed to a statistically significant positive correlation between psychological adjustment level and academic achievement among the Palestinian students in Israeli universities.

In the light of the results, the researcher provided several recommendations and the most important is to activate the role of Arab academic institutions in the territory of 48 and those responsible for university education to take care of Palestinian students in Israeli universities and their affairs.There is a need to reduce the low psychological adjustment level students have and at the same time to increase their psychological adjustment