التشوه الإدراكي وعلاقته بالحيوية الذاتية لدى طلبة الجامعة
This research aims to identify: 1) Cognative distortion among university students. 2) subjective vitality among university students. 3) The correlation between cognative distortion and subjective vitality among university students. 4) Differences in the relationship between cognative distortion and subjective vitality according to the following variables: Gender (male - female), specialization (scientific - human). The study was conducted on a sample of (400) male and female students from the University of Tikrit, including both scientific and human specializations, during the academic year (2022-2023). To accomplish the goals of the present study, the researcher used the cognitive distortion scale developed by Al-Jumaili (2021), based on the Eureka theory (2002). Random reasoning, mind reading, emotional reasoning, and decision making. The scale consisted of (30) paragraphs, each including four alternatives: (always applies to me, often applies to me, sometimes applies to me, never applies to me). Each option was assigned a weight of (4, 3, 2, or 1). As for the self-vitality scale, the researcher relied on the Ryan & Fredrch (1997) scale for self-vitality, because the scale was prepared mainly to measure self-vitality. To measure the positive feelings of a sense of vitality and energy, this scale was used with various samples of university students, employees, and the elderly, and the SVS was used, which is a scale applied in more than one culture. The self-vitality scale consists of (7) paragraphs that are answered with alternatives (it does not apply to me at all, it does not apply, it does not apply sometimes, I am not sure, it sometimes applies, it applies, it applies completely) and grades are given (1,2,3,4,5,6,7). respectively. The researcher verified the psychometric characteristics of the two scales of the validity and reliability of the scale, and after analyzing the data, the following results showed: 1) The sample has a low level of perceptual distortion, as the hypothetical mean was statistically significantly higher than the arithmetic mean. 2) The sample has a good level of self-vitality, and the mean scores of the respondents were statistically significant. 3) The existence of a significant negative correlation between the cognitive distortion and the subjective vitality of the students of the University of Tikrit. 4) There are no differences in the relationship between perceptual distortion and subjective vitality according to the variable of gender (male - female) and specialization (scientific - human). (Published abstract)