Academic Grit and its relationship to the need for Cognation and research anxiety among researchers at Al-Azhar University in light of some demographic variables

Hassan, Shaimaa Kamal Abdel Alim

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2024.357823

Academic Grit and its relationship to the need for Cognation and research anxiety among researchers at Al-Azhar University in light of some demographic variables

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Shaimaa Kamal Abdel Alim Hassan

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanitites, Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/jsrep.2024.357823

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify the relationship between academic Grit and (the need for Cognation and research anxiety and the possibility of predicting academic determination through the need for knowledge and research anxiety and to reveal differences in academic determination according to gender (male - female) and type of specialization (scientific colleges - theoretical colleges) The research stage (Master’s - Doctorate - Promotional Research) was conducted by the researchers. (320) researchers participated in the research during the academic year (2023/2024 AD), and the research tools consisted of the academic Grit scale (prepared by the researcher), and the need for Cognation scale (prepared by, Sayed et al., 2019), and the Research Anxiety Scale (prepared by the researcher). The results resulted in a statistically significant relationship between (academic Grit - the need for Cognation and research anxiety). The possibility of predicting academic Grit through (the need for Cognation - research anxiety), and the presence of statistically significant differences in academic Grit and its dimensions according to gender (male - Female) in favor of females and the type of specialization (scientific colleges - theoretical colleges) in favor of theoretical colleges, and there are no statistically significant differences in academic Grit and its dimensions according to the research stage (Master's - Doctorate - promotional research). The research results were discussed, and some recommendations and proposed research were presented.

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