The Role of Palestinian Universities in Enhancing Self-management of Myrters’ Wives and Widows among Their Students and Methods to Developing it

Abstract

The study aims to identify the role of Palestinian universities in enhancing self-management by their student widows and martyrs’ wives from their point of view, and to reveal the presence of differences between the average estimates of the sample members for this role. The researchers used the descriptive analytical approach and designed a questionnaire consisting of (33) items distributed into four areas. The questionnaire was applied to a sample of (200) student widows and martyrs' wives from Islamic University, Al-Quds Open University, Al-Aqsa University, and Al-Azhar University. The constructivist approach was used in order to suggest ways to develop this role through interviews conducted by the researchers with a number of experts. Among the most important findings of the study are the following: The role of the Palestinian universities practice in promoting self-management among widows and martyrs’ wives had a relative weight (72.44%), i.e., to a large degree, and the areas obtained large degrees, arranged in descending order as follows: personal planning, self-confidence, managing social relations, managing emotions. There are no statistically significant differences between the average degrees of the sample members' estimate of the degree to which Palestinian universities practice their role in promoting self-management among widows and wives of martyrs due to the study variables (university, age, cause of death of the husband), while there are significant ones due to the variables of academic qualification, and the differences are in favor of widows and wives of martyrs whose academic qualifications are postgraduate. The study found a set of ways to develop the role of Palestinian universities in promoting self-management of widows and wives of martyrs.