Ruminative Thoughts and Its Relationship to Social Problem-Solving Skills among Al-Azhar University Students with Depressive Symptoms

Al Sayed, Al-Sayed Abdul-Rahman Ahmed; Rizk, Al-Saeed Ghazi Muhammad; Saadeh, Sameh Ahmed Sayed Ahmed

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2022.257409

Ruminative Thoughts and Its Relationship to Social Problem-Solving Skills among Al-Azhar University Students with Depressive Symptoms

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قسم الصحة النفسية، کلية التربية، جامعة الأزهر.

10.21608/jsrep.2022.257409

Abstract

The individual uses rumination as a coping technique for the situation or event, but is not inclined to systematically solve problems to deal with the situation. Instead, he talks about feeling excited or sad, sleeping deeply, and so on, without doing anything to relieve his depressive symptoms. The aim of the current research was to identify the relationship between rumination and social problem-solving skills among Al-AzharUniversity students with depressive symptoms as well as identifying the differences in rumination and social problem-solving skills among the study participants according to the gender variable (male/female). The number of participants in the research was 210 male and female students (115 males, 95 females), from Al-Azhar University students in the second year at the Faculties of Education and Human Studies at Tafahna Al-Ashraf, whose ages ranged between (19-20 years), 840 male and female students, 460 males and 210 females; the highest quartile for the male and female samples was elected. The researcher used the scale of rumination of ideas, developed by the researcher, the scale of social problem-solving skills of D'Zurilla,& at, all, 2002, translated by the researcher. The study used the scale of depressive symptoms by Aaron Beck, translated by: Ahmed Abdel-Khaleq, 2015. The results showed a negative, statistically significant relationship between rumination of ideas and social problem solving skills among university students with depressive symptoms, and there were statistically significant differences in rumination according to the gender variable in favor of males, while there were no statistically significant differences in social problem solving skills. These results indicate the importance of designing counseling programs aimed at reducing rumination and improving the problem-solving skills of university students in general.

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