اليقظة العقلية كوسيط للعلاقة بين المرونة و الضغوط النفسية : دراسة مقارنة بين طلبة جامعتي دمشق و الكويت

Abstract EN

The study aimed to discover the role of Mental alertness as indicator of a causal relationship between resilience and psychological stress, and knowledge of the differences between males and females in these variables, and the statement of effect size and the predictive power of demographic variables: sex (male and female) and environment in Mental alertness.

The sample consisted of (221) students, of which (120) students from the University of Damascus, and (101) students from Kuwait University, with an average age of (21.3).

The researchers used to verify the objectives of the study three measures: the five faces mental alertness questionnaire, resilience scale,and psychological stress scale.

The results showed significant positive relationship between mental alertness and resilience; whereas there was a negative relationship with the psychological stress.

Comparing the results with Syrian Kuwaitis students in the variables of the study showed that Kuwaiti students are more mental alerted, and less stressed than the Syrian students,and males are more mental alerted, flexible and less stressed than females.

The results also showed that the Resilience ,sex, stress and the environment were considered important predictors of mental alertness for Damascus and Kuwait students.

In light of these findings, the researchers presented a series of proposals for the development of research and studies related to mental alertness in relation to some of the other variables on the correlative level and experimental in the Arab environment.