التوافق عبر الثقافات وعلاقته برصد الذات لدى الطلاب الدوليين في الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة

 Cross-Cultural Adjustment and its Relationship with Self-monitoring among International Students of the Islamic University In Al-Madinah Al-Minwarah


د. بندر بن صلاح الميلبي

الكلمات المفتاحية: التوافق عبر الثقافات- رصد الذات- التوافق النفسي- التوافق الاجتماعي- الطلاب الدوليين, Cross-cultural Adjustment- Self- monitoring- psychological adjustment- Sociocultural Adjustment - international students

 هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى التعرف على مستوى التوافق عبر الثقافات ونمط رصد الذات السائد والعلاقة بينهما، والكشف عن الفروق في درجة التوافق ونمط رصد الذات لدى الطلاب الدوليين في الجامعة الإسلامية تبعًا لمتغيري: المرحلة الدراسية والقارة التي ينتمي إليها الطلاب. استخدم الباحثُ المنهج الوصفي الارتباطي. وتكونتْ عينةُ الدراسة من (602) طالبًا دوليًا بالجامعة الإسلامية. طُبقتْ عليهم مقاييس: الرضا عن الحياة والتوافق الاجتماعي الثقافي لقياس التوافق عبر الثقافات، ومقياس رصد الذات لـ" "سنايدر" و"جانجستاد" للكشف عن نمط رصد الذات. أظهرتْ النتائج تمتعُ الطلاب الدوليين في الجامعة الإسلامية بدرجة متوسطة من التوافق النفسي والاجتماعي ورصد الذات. كما أظهرتْ النتائجُ وجود علاقةٍ موجبةٍ دالة إحصائيًا بين متغيري: التوافق النفسي ورصد الذات، في حين لم تكن هناك علاقة بين متغيري: التوافق الاجتماعي ورصد الذات. كما خلصتْ النتائجُ إلى عدم وجود فروق دالة في التوافق النفسي والاجتماعي بين طلاب مرحلتي: البكالوريوس والدراسات العليا. وكشفتْ النتائجُ عن عدم وجود فروق دالة في التوافق النفسي والتوافق الاجتماعي بين الطلاب تبعًا لمتغير القارة. كما لم تكن هناك فروقٌ دالةٌ إحصائيًا في رصد الذات تُعزى لمتغيري: المرحلة الدراسية والقارة.


The study aimed at investigating the level of cross-cultural adjustment, the prevailing pattern of self-monitoring, and the relationship of cross-cultural adjustment with self-monitoring. The study is also aimed at determining the differences in the degree of adjustment degree and self-monitoring patterns among international students of the Islamic University according to the variables of academic level and the continent to which the students belong. The author used the descriptive method to analyze the data of the study. Sample consisted of (602) of international students in the Islamic University. The study utilized the Satisfaction with Life Scale and the Sociocultural Adjustment Scale for measuring cross-cultural adjustment. The study also used the Self-monitoring Scale (Designed by Snyder & Gangestad, 1986). Findings of the study revealed a moderate degree of psychological, social adjustment and self- monitoring among the international students of Islamic University. Findings also revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between the two variables of psychological adjustment and self-monitoring, whereas no correlation was found between the two variables of social adjustment and self-monitoring. Results found no differences in psychological adjustment and social adjustment among students due to the educational level. Findings indicated that the continental variable did not statistically affect the psychological adjustment and social adjustment among students. Results found no differences in self-monitoring due to the educational level and continental variables.


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