Social Anxiety And Its Relation To Psychological Hardiness Among A Sample Of Secondary School Students

The aim of the research was to identify the relationship between the two levels of social anxiety and psychological Hardiness among the general secondary school students in Damascus city, and their differences in the levels of social anxiety and psychological Hardiness according to gender and grade. The study sample consisted of (698) male and female students who were randomly selected from the general secondary schools in Damascus. The social anxiety scale (the researcher's preparation) and the mental hardness scale (Maddi & Koshaba, 2001) were applied after verifying their validity and stability.

Social intelligence and its relation to creative thinking among high school students in Damascus

The study aimed to investigate the relationship between social intelligence and creative thinking among secondary school students in Damascus, in addition to identifying the level of social intelligence and creative thinking among the students in the research sample. The researcher used the analytical descriptive method. The study sample consisted of (74) students from secondary school students who were randomly selected. The study tools consisted of the first measure of social intelligence and the second measure of creative thinking. The researcher conducted the necessary statistical analysis to ascertain the psychometric characteristics of the research tools on the one hand and to verify the validity of the hypotheses on the other hand. The results were as follows: 1. There is a significant correlation between social intelligence and creative thinking among high school students (first secondary) 2. There are statistically significant differences in social intelligence among high school students due to the difference in sex (male - female) in favor of females. 3. There are no statistically significant differences in creative thinking among high school students due to gender differences (male - female). In the light of the findings of the study, the researcher recommended the necessity of preparing some activities and exercises that help to develop social intelligence in high school students and to find courses that promote and stimulate the skills of intelligence and thinking, especially social intelligence and creative thinking. The study also recommended that the teacher focus on presenting his material on skills Interpretation, analysis, flexibility, fluency and originality so that students can acquire creative thinking skills