The Contribution of Self-Learning Components in the Prediction of Personal Decision-Making among Sample of Female Students at King Faisal University

Abstract

The research aimed to explore the issue of self-learning and the relation between self-learning and the ability to take personal decisions. A sample of 242 female students derived from King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia was chosen; and two scales, Self-Learning scale and Personal Decision scale were applied. The results indicated that there is a significant positive statistical correlation at the level of 0.01 between self-learning and personal decision-making among students in King Faisal University as well as it was the possibility to predict the personal decision-making in terms of the components of self-learning: personal decision = 0.168 (aptitude to learn). The results also showed that there are statistical significant differences in the mean scores of personal decision-making degree between high performers in self-learning and low performers in self-learning in favor of high performers at level 0.01.