UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS SUGGESTIBILITY AND METHODS OF DEALING WITH RUMORS: A COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

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Al-Mutawa, Ahmad, S*, Prof. Yahya Mubarak Suleiman Khatabeh

The study aimed to identify University students' attitudes towards methods of dealing with rumors: a comparative descriptive study by determining the level of attitudes of university students and identifying differences in suggestibility and methods of dealing with rumors according to several demographic variables, including (specialization and academic level). The study sample consisted of (300) Student of university students. A suggestibility scale was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Prepared by (Ashurbagy & Alharbi, 2016) And the measure of direction in dealing with rumors by Al-Harbi (1991) The results of the study indicated that the level of suggestibility among university students came with an average degree (1.98), and that the level of tendency towards rumors among university students came with an arithmetic average (1.78) and that there were differences between all dimensions of the scale of dealing with rumors according to the variable of academic specialization in favour of scientific colleges, followed by humanitarian colleges, followed by Sharia colleges in all dimensions and the total degree of the tool, and the presence of differences in all dimensions of the scale of dealing with rumors according to the academic level variable in favour of the third level, followed by the fifth and sixth levels, There are differences between all dimensions of the suggestibility scale according to the variable of academic specialization in favour of scientific colleges, followed by humanitarian colleges and Sharia colleges, in favour of scientific colleges, followed by humanitarian colleges and finally Sharia colleges. There are differences between all dimensions of the suggestibility scale according to the academic level variable in favour of students in the sixth level, followed by the fifth and first levels, and differences have been shown in all dimensions according to the academic levels.