Feeling of existential anxiety among displaced middle school students in the light of some variables

Abstract

The importance of this research is focused on an important segment of Iraqi society that has experienced crisis, calamities, and a lack of feeling of security, tension and anxiety. Today, existential anxiety is one of the most prominent types of anxiety, which is associated with factors of threaten human security and safety, such as bloody conflicts and fierce wars, and the resulting destruction and chaos. As the research aimed to identify the level of feeling of existential anxiety among middle school students displaced to the Kurdistan region / Erbil and its relationship to some variables (gender, specialization, economic aspect, residence type, displacement period). The sample included 480 male and female students who were chosen in the random and equal class method from the fifth intermediate class students, for the academic year (2019-2020) distributed on (16) secondary and high schools, eight of which are for males and eight for females, at the rate of (240) males and (240) females. The researchers prepared a tool to measure existential anxiety consisting of (35) items, and formative and apparent validity was verified, as well as the stability of the instrument was checked by retesting, where the stability coefficient reached (0.82) and Pearson correlation coefficient and T-test for one and two samples were used as statistical means. The results showed: Displaced middle school students have a higher level of natural sense of existential anxiety. The presence of statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) according to the gender variable and in favor of males. The absence of statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) according to the specialty variable. The presence of a statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) depending on the residence variable and in favor of camp residents. The presence of a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) according to the income variable and for the benefit of those with low incomes. The presence of a statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) according to the variable of displacement period and in favor of the displaced for two years and less. The presence of a statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) according to the variable of destroyed houses and in favor of the owners of the destroyed houses.