Psychological and Social Compatibility to Female Students Residing in Al- Azhar University Hostel in Cairo

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Rural Family Development, Faculty of Home Economics, Al-Azhar University

2 Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology- Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo - Al-Azhar University

Abstract

The research aimed to determining the performance degree of university hostel for services provided to female students in the areas of : housing, nutrition, health, entertainment from the point of view of female students residing in Al- Azhar university hostel, and  determine the degree of psychological and social compatibility for female students residing in Al- Azhar university hostel in Cairo, and to determine the relationship between the performance degree of Al- Azharuniversity hostel for services provided to female students in the studied areas and the degree of psychological and social compatibility for them, identifying the most important problems facing female students residing in university hostel. Data were collected using a prepared personal questionnaire from (320) female students who resident in Al- Azhar University hostel in Cairo. The most important results were as follows: The performance degree of university hostel for services provided to female students in the areas of housing, nutrition, health, entertainment from the point of view of female students residing in university hostel was an average. The vast majority of the respondents (97,8%) have an average or high level of psychological compatibility. The vast majority of the respondents (99,7%) have an average or high level of social compatibility. There was a positive significant relationship between performance degree of university hostel for services provided to female students in the studied areas from the female student's point of view and the degree of psychological and social compatibility for female students residing in university hostel. The research ended with several recommendations to improve the level of services provided by university hostel in various fields, and to raise the level of psychological and social compatibility for female students.

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