Psycho Pathological Symptoms and Family Climate, and their Relationship among Students of Yarmouk University

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the level of psychological symptoms and their relationship to family climate among the students of Yarmouk University. The study sample consisted of (541) male and female students who were randomly selected. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher applied the psycho-pathological scale that was standardized to the environment of Jordan by the Alshreffen and Alshreffen (2011), and the Moss and Moss (1986) scale , prepared for the detection of the family climate. The results of the study indicated that the level of psychopathological symptoms among the students was moderate and that the highest mean for the dimensions was the obsessive-compulsive disorder and the lowest mean was aggression. The level of the family climate was high and the highest mean of dimensions was the organization and the lowest mean was the family cohesion. The results also showed a negative correlation between family climate and the psycho-pathological symptoms for the following dimensions: depression, interpersonal sensitivity, anxiety, and aggression; there were no significant differences in the obsessive-compulsive disorder and the physical symptoms. In addition, the results also revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the dimension of anxiety due to sex as well as differences in the obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, interpersonal sensitivity and anxiety due to the level of academic achievement and there were no differences in the rest of the dimensions due to the variables of the study. The results showed statistically significant differences as a whole in levels of the family climate due to the level of the educational level of the father. Whereas, there were no statistically significant differences in the rest of dimension.