العوامل المعززة للتعايش السلمي من وجهة نظر الطلبة في الجامعات السعودية


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The aim of this study is to identify the attitudes and the differences in attitudes of Saudi Universities students towards the culture of peace. The variables of the study were sex, residence outside the Kingdom for more than six months, continuity of travel and watching multiple satellite channels. A sample of a total of 1643 students (939 male students and 704 female students) in nine universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were used for this study. To achieve this, the descriptive surveying approach was used through an application of the measurement of the students' attitudes towards the culture of peace prepared for this purpose. It consisted of 30 statements distributed on three axes namely, human rights, disarmament and means of acquiring conflict resolution skills. This was applied on a random sample of the students. Which enabled identify trends towards the culture of peace after verifying their psychometric characteristics by appropriate statistical methods. In order to analyze the data, the frequency, percentages, arithmetic mean, Kay box test, and T test were used. The study found a number of results, the most important of which are: Saudi college students have a positive attitude towards (human rights, disarmament, conflict resolution skills, peace culture in general). While their attitudes were negative towards transferring the bomb-making experience among Islamic countries, and that females had more positive attitudes towards disarmament than male students at Saudi universities. Students who were always traveling outside the Kingdom had more positive attitudes towards the "Conflict resolution skills" and the overall level of the culture of peace for students who travel continuously compared to students traveling outside the Kingdom. Students viewing multiple satellite channels have more positive attitudes towards disarmament, conflict resolution skills, Trend towards a culture of peace) compared to students who do not watch multiple satellite channels. (Published abstract)