The future anxiety of the university youth and its relationship to social and psychological adaptation

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Department of Rural Family Development, College of Home Economics, Al- Azhar University, Tanta, Egypt.

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The research aimed to study the future anxiety of the university youth and its relationship to social and psychological adaptation, and the significance of the relationship between the studied independent variables and social and psychological adaptation. A regular random sample of university rural youth was taken from the village of Al-Berjaya in the district of Al-Minya, Al-Minya governorate. The sample size was (361) respondents (boys and girls). The results of the study can be summarized as follows: The level of anxiety dimensions for the respondents was recorded in two categories; medium and high, except for social anxiety that was recorded in the low category. Additionally, it was found that each of  the seven independent variables (which are the father’s educational level, the mother’s educational level, the monthly income of the family, religiosity, ambition, academic achievement anxiety, and occupational anxiety) makes a unique significant contribution in explaining the variation in the degree of social adaptation and is in the positive direction. The coefficient of determination indicates that the seven variables together explain 41.2% of the variance in the degree of social adaptation. It is also clear that the seven independent variables (which are the number of members of the living unit, the educational level of the father, religiosity, ambition, academic achievement anxiety, occupational anxiety, and social anxiety) make a unique significant contribution in the interpretation of the degree of psychological adaptation. The number of members of the living unit, the educational level of the father, religiosity, and ambition are in the positive direction, while academic achievement anxiety, occupational anxiety, and social anxiety are in the negative direction. The coefficient of determination indicates that the seven variables together explain 18.8% of the variance in the degree of psychological adaptation.

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