Psychological Adjustment Strategies among Yarmouk University Students in Light of Some Variables

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the most important psychological adjustment strategies according to gender, major, study level and participation in extracurricular activities. To achieve the aims of the study a psychological adjustment strategies scale was developed and reliability and validity were checked. The sample of the study consisted of (534) male and female students selected through random cluster sampling. The findings of the study showed that the most important psychological adjustment strategies were reconstructing the cognitive knowledge as it came in the first rank while; religious strategy came in the last rank. Moreover, there were no significant statistical differences in psychological adjustment strategies attributed to gender except for behavourial strategies in favor of females. There were no significant statistical differences in psychological adjustment strategies attributed to major and studylevel except in religious startegies in favor of first year students. The findings showed that there were significant statistical differences in psychological adjustment strategies attributed to participation in extracurricular activities in all domains except for behavioral domains in favor of students who participated. Based on the finidngs the researchers recommended the need of providing students with training courses related to life skills in addition to the development of the spiritual domain and engaging students in voluntary and extracurricular activities and programs.