Positive self-talk and its relationship to academic passion among students in Arabic language departments

Abstract

The current research targeted a number of objectives, including measuring positive self-talk among students of Arabic language departments and knowing the significance of differences in positive self-talk according to the gender variable, knowing the correlation between the two research variables (positive self-talk and academic passion). The researcher built two scales for these two variables, and the researcher took into account the validity of the two scales in their types: structural validity. the test and retest method and the other method of internal consistency using the Cronbach equation. The researcher chose a sample to build the two scales, which amounted to (400) male and female students from the Arabic language departments. The researcher relied on the previous studies mentioned in the research sources when building the positive self-talk variable. The researcher relied on the study of (Vallerand, 2003) in the academic passion variable. The researcher used the appropriate statistical means for the research and used the (Spss) package for psychological and educational sciences in order to reach the results of his research. The research results showed the following:

1- Students enjoy positive self-talk

2- No statistically significant differences were found in positive self-talk according to the gender variable, males and females

3- Students in Arabic language departments have academic passion

4- No statistically significant differences were found in their academic passion between the sexes