The Effect of Syrian asylum on the Jordanian national identity from the point of view of Yarmouk University students

Rami Abdulla Tashtoush; Amal Shehadeh Al-Natour; Sharaf Aldeen Mohammad Bani Amer

doi:10.35516/hum.v52i3.6684

Authors

Rami Abdulla Tashtoush Dep. of Counseling & Educational Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. Psychology Department, Faculty of Educational, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2688-8493
Amal Shehadeh Al-Natour Curriculum and Instruction of Methods, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2688-8493
Sharaf Aldeen Mohammad Bani Amer Senior Child Protection Counsellor, Institute for Family Health, King Hussein Foundation, Amman, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2688-8493

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v52i3.6684

Keywords:

Syrian asylum, Jordanian National Identity, Yarmouk University Students

Abstract

Objective: The study aimed at exploring the effect of Syrian asylum on the Jordanian national identity among Yarmouk University students as Perceived by them.

Method: The study sample consisted of (1500) male and female students of Yarmouk University who were randomly selected. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical design was used through the use of the national identity scale. The data were statistically dealt with by calculating the arithmetic means, standard deviations, and multiple variance analysis (MANOVA).

Results: The study found that the impact of Syrian asylum on the Jordanian national identity among Yarmouk University students as perceived by them was high. Moreover, the results of the study showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the means of Yarmouk University students 'responses on all dimensions of the national identity scale due to the variables: gender and college, while there were statistically significant differences in the means of Yarmouk University students' responses on all dimensions of the national identity scale due to the residence variable, as these differences were among residents of villages.

Conclusions: The results were discussed in light of theoretical and empirical literature review, The study recommends that attention should be given to the creation of a generation committed to the concepts of national identity, especially in the era of globalization, openness and challenges to national identity, it is necessary to intensify the university's efforts to consolidate the principle of national identity among university students.

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