القدرة التنبؤية لأساليب التفكير في الاتجاه نحو التطرف الفكري لدى طلاب الجامعة
This research aimed to identify the common thinking styles among university students, assess their level of inclination toward intellectual extremism, and determine the predictive power of thinking styles on attitudes toward intellectual extremism according to Sternberg's theory. The study included 468 students from Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. They were administered the Thinking Styles Inventory and the Attitude Toward Intellectual Extremism Scale. The researchers employed a descriptive-analytical method. The results indicated that the common thinking styles among university students were ranked as follows: Hierarchic, Global, Legislative, External, Conservation, Monarchic, Executive, Judicial, Liberal, Internal, Local, Anarchic, and Oligarchic. The findings showed that the level of inclination toward intellectual extremism was below the hypothetical average. There were no statistically significant differences in thinking styles and attitudes toward intellectual extremism based on gender. The results also revealed that the most statistically significant predictors of attitudes toward intellectual extremism were: Anarchic, Legislative, Executive, Internal, Hierarchic, Oligarchic, and External. Based on these results, the researchers provided several recommendations. (Published abstract)