إعاقة الذات والتشاؤم الدفاعي لدى طلبة المرحلة الثانوية بمحافظة ينبع: دراسة تنبؤية مقارنة

Bandar Salah Almailabi

doi:10.35516/hum.v51i4.4283

Authors

Bandar Salah Almailabi Department of Education, College of Da`wah and Fundamentals of Religion, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4865-8104

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v51i4.4283

Keywords:

Self- Handicapping, defensive pessimism, self-protection, secondary school

Abstract

Objectives: The current study aimed to reveal the levels of self-handicapping, defensive pessimism, the differences between male and female secondary school students in Yanbu governorate in self-handicap and defensive pessimism, and the prediction of self-handicapping by knowing the defensive pessimism.

Methods: The researcher used the descriptive survey predictive method. The study tools were applied on a random sample of (635) male and female students.

Results:. The results revealed a medium practice of self-handicapping and defensive pessimism by male and female secondary school students in Yanbu governorate, and that there were statistically significant differences between male and female students in self-handicap in favor of male students, while there were no differences between male and female students in defensive pessimism. Finally, the results revealed the possibility of predicting self-handicapping by knowing the defensive pessimism of the sample members.

Conclusions: This study recommends providing therapeutic counseling programs to reduce self-handicapping, including programs based on self-affirmation. It further recommends that students be trained to practice the pessimism mechanism in a correct manner as defensive pessimism can be a healthy behavior whenever it leads to reducing anxiety and adapting negative thoughts in favor of the student.

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