التفكير الاستدلالي و أبعاد حل المشكلات الاجتماعية لدى الطلبة الجامعيين

Abstract EN

The present study aims at revealing the nature of the probable differences in Reasoning Thinking and the dimensions of social problem solving according to D’zurrilla’s model in the light of the level of academic achievement (high - middle - low) and gender (male - female) of college students.

The Reasoning thinking test which is prepared by the researcher and the social problem-solving test prepared by D’zurrilla were applied to a sample of 262 male and female students at King Saud University after checking their psychometric characteristics.

The study reveals no difference in Reasoning Thinking and the dimensions of social problem solving were attributed to gender.

On the other hand, there are no differences in Reasoning Thinking attributed to the level of academic achievement of the sample collected.

However, the findings of the study show differences in the dimensions of social problem solving (positive attitude to the problem) in favor of the students with a high academic level, while the differences with reference to (negative attitude to the problem) were in favor of the students with a low academic level.

Besides, the study reveals a significant relationship between Reasoning Thinking and its skills and some dimensions of social problem solving (attitude towards problems and Rational Problem Solving).

In addition, it is possible to predict the Reasoning Thinking by the dimensions of social problem solving (positive attitudes towards problems and rational problem solving).