Psychological loneliness and its relationship to cognitive closure (dogmatism) among students of the college of Arts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
To achieve this research goal, the researcher adopted and translated the (De
Young Gerveld, Havens 2020) scale to measure psychological unity, which in its
final form consisted of (20) items, and prepared the dogmatic scale according to the
theory (Rokich, 1954) which in its final form consisted of (17) items After verifying
their validity and stability, and analyzing their paragraphs statistically, which was
applied to the research sample of (400) male and female students from the College of
Arts, they were selected by the stratified random method and in a proportional
manner, and after completing the procedures of the two research standards, the
researcher extracted the results of his research. The research concluded that students
have psychological loneliness in general in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and
that students have cognitive closure (dogmatism) in general, and there is a positive
correlation and statistical significance between psychological loneliness and
cognitive closure (dogmatism) among students of the Faculty of Arts. Based on the
results of the research, the researcher developed a set of recommendations and
suggestions.
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