The Attitude towards digital transformation and its relationship to the quality of academic life and psychological flexibility among Al-Azhar University students in the light of some demographic variables.

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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Faculty of Humanities Studies for Girls - Cairo - Al-Azhar University

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     The aim of the current research is to identify the attitude of Al-Azhar University students towards digital transformation, as well as to identify the relationship between the attitude  towards digital transformation and both the quality of academic life and psychological resilience, to identify the differences in the attitude  towards digital transformation according to the gender variable (male - female), specialization ( (scientific, literary), Academic level (first - fourth), place of residence (rural - urban) and also to identify the extent to which it is possible to predict the attitude towards digital transformation through the variables of quality of academic life and psychological resilience. The research sample consisted of (457) male and female students, they were applied to the scale of attitude towards digital transformation, the measure of quality of academic life, and the measure of psychological resilience (prepared by the researcher). The results indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between: the trend towards digital transformation, dimensions of quality of academic life and the total degree, dimensions of psychological resilience and the total degree, and the presence of non-statistically significant differences in the trend towards digital transformation according to gender, place of residence, while differences were found in the trend towards transformation. digital, according to each of the specializations, Academic level, Finally, the results indicated the possibility of predicting the trend towards digital transformation through one of the dimensions of quality of academic life, and two dimensions of psychological resilience.
 

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