اليقظة العقلية بين الأفراد ومقدرتها التنبؤية بالمهارات الاجتماعية‏

Heba Jamal Abu Jassar; Rafe’a Aqeel  Zghoul

doi:10.35516/edu.v50i2 -S1.486

Authors

Heba Jamal Abu Jassar Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Yarmouk University, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8598-013X
Rafe’a Aqeel Zghoul Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Yarmouk University, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8598-013X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v50i2%20-S1.486

Keywords:

Predictive Ability, Interpersonal Mindfulness, Social Skills, Yarmouk University Students, Jordan

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the levels of interpersonal mindfulness and social skills among university students and investigate their relationship. Additionally, the study aimed to identify the predictive ability of interpersonal mindfulness for social skills.

Methods: The study utilized a correlational descriptive approach with a sample of 600 students (212 males and 388 females) from Yarmouk University, registered in the second semester of the academic year (2020-2021). Convenience sampling method was employed for participant selection. To achieve the study objectives, the Interpersonal Mindfulness Scale (Pratscher, et al., 2019) and a social skills scale developed specifically for this study were used.

Results: The findings revealed moderate levels of interpersonal mindfulness and social skills, with means of 3.519 and 3.495, respectively. A statistically significant correlation (r= 0.601) between these variables was observed. Moreover, the simple linear regression coefficient showed that approximately 36% of the variance in social skills can be explained by knowing the level of interpersonal mindfulness. Furthermore, multiple linear regression indicated that the four dimensions of interpersonal mindfulness contributed to explaining 37% of the variance in social skills.

Conclusions: Based on the results, it is recommended to conduct further studies on interpersonal mindfulness across different age groups.

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