الوحدة النفسية وعلاقتها باضطراب ضغط ما بعد الصدمة لدى عينة من طلبة كلية التربية بجامعة السلطان قابوس
The purposes of this study was to investigating the relationship between loneliness and posttraumatic stress symptoms using a sample of 298 undergraduate students from the faculty of Education at Sultan Qaboos University 158 female and 138 male were distributed randomly. The researcher used loneliness scale and Posttraumatic stress scale after its validity and reliability. To answer the hypotheses of the study, the following scales were use: means and standard deviations, person’s relational coefficients and t-test. The results of the study indicated that: There is correlation between increase in posttraumatic stress symptoms and in the increase in loneliness. The level of loneliness is higher among the stressed than the unstressed ones. There were significant differences between males and females in the level of posttraumatic stress. Posttraumatic stress level is highly among females. There were significant differences between males and females in the level of loneliness. Loneliness is higher among female. The findings of this study indicated that There were some recommendations according to the study results which may develop students coping style with (PTSD) symptoms. And to increase developing social communication skills which in turn would help in prevention Loneliness. (Published abstract)