شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The research seeks to identify situational regret and its relation to the vitality of conscience among university students, identify the significant differences in regard with students’ gender, and identify if there is a correlation between situational regret and the vitality of conscience. To do this, two scales were adopted; one to measure situational regret consisted of (31) items, which was designed by (Al-Badrani, 2006), Besides, Costa and Macrys’ (1992) scale that translated in Arabic language by (Al-Qaisy, 2013). It composed of (35) items. Total of (120) male and female students were collected from three-different colleges (science, arts, and education) at the Al-Mustansiriyah University for the academic year (2016-2017). The findings revealed no significant differences between male and female student in regard of situational regret, male students showed a significant differences comparing to females in regard of the vitality of conscience. Likewise, the findings revealed a statistically significant correlation between situational regret and the vitality of conscience among sample, and finally, a good level of situational regret and conscience vitality was found among the study sample. (Published abstract)