psychological security and its relationship to Achievement Motivation in a sample of students from the University of Damascus


Abstract in English

This research aims at present to detective the correlation between psychological security the and Achievement Motivation, as well as to detect differences between the average scores students at the scale of psychological security and a measure of Achievement Motivation among faculty members according to the (academic specialization) among the students of the Damascus university. To achieve this goal has been to use the following tools: Questionnaire to measure the psychological security of the preparation of researcher, And a questionnaire to measure the phenomenon of Achievement Motivation of the preparation of Jdid(2009). The study sample consists of (581) male and female students from Damascus university. The most important findings of Search: 1- There were correlation statistically significant between the scores of students on the scale of psychological security and grades on a scale of Achievement Motivation. 2- There weren't differences between the mean scores of students on thescale of psychological security due to the academic specialization variable. 3- There were differences between the mean scores of students on the scale of Achievement Motivation due to the academic specialization variable favor application college.

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