Building and Applying the Health Thinking Scale among the Students of the Faculties of Education for Humanities and Pure Sciences

The purpose of the research was to design, construct and apply the Health Thinking Scale among the students of the Faculties of Education for Humanities and Pure Sciences.
The sample consisted of (400) male and female students, selected by stratified random method with equal distribution, from all academic stages of the Faculties of Education for Humanities and Pure Sciences, and in order to measure healthy thinking, a scale was built based on theoretical bridging (synthesis method), which consisted of (24) items.
The psychometric characteristics of the scale were extracted, including apparent truthfulness, which amounted to (98%), as well as the stability coefficient by the repeat method (0.80), while the statistical methods used were the Social Statistical Package (SPSS).
The results showed that the arithmetic average of the students' score was (69.93) with a standard deviation of (17.20) and when comparing the arithmetic average of the students' score with the hypothetical average of performance of (60) using the T-scale for one sample, it was found that the calculated T value is equal to (11.54) which is greater than the tabular T value (1.96) at the significance level of (0.05) and a degree of freedom (399). This indicates that there is a statistically significant difference, i.e., the students of the Faculties of Education for the Humanities and Pure Sciences possess healthy thinking.
We conclude from the research that the students of the Faculties of Education for Humanities and Pure Sciences have a positive outlook, intellectual flexibility, and self-awareness in managing the crises they face, and this is a clear proof of healthy thinking.

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