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 t
he 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
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.
This research aimed at recognizing levels of ideological identity
reformation (achievement, moratorium, foreclose, diffusion), according
to the essential domains from which this identity is formed (religious and
political beliefs, life style and v
ocational orientation). The study uses the
questionnaire tool which consist of /33/ articles which measure levels of
ideological identity depending on “the objective measure of social and
ideological identity status throughout adolescence and early adulthood. It
was applied on /520/ male & female students of the 2nd secondary stage
within school year 2008-2009 /second semester/ in Damascus public
secondary schools.
