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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS AND DECISION-MAKING SKILLS AMONG AL-QUDS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Corresponding Author(s) : Omar Rimawi
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): January
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The purpose of this research is to identify the relationship between cognitive distortions and decision-making skills among Al-Quds University students.
Methodology: The current research was performed on a sample of (264) male and female students chosen using the random method. Both of cognitive distortions and decision-making skills measurements have been used. Validity and reliability of the study instruments were tested, and it was clear that the instruments were sufficiently reliable (stable) enough to meet the objectives of the study.
Main Findings: Findings showed a negative relationship between cognitive distortions and decision-making skills among Al-Quds University students, and also suggested that the means for the total score of cognitive distortions and decision-making skills were moderate. Over-thinking reflected the dominant domain of cognitive distortions. Findings also revealed differences in cognitive distortions in favor of females, Faculty of Humanities, and residents of the village.
Applications of the study: The strength of the negative relationship between distortions and decision-making can be deduced, as there is a need to improve students’ understanding of the risks of cognitive distortions, and seek to enhance the ability of decision-making skills.
Novelty: Decision-making is one of the cognitive processes resulted from multiple-choice. Cognitive distortions influence decision-making skills. Thus, the purpose of this study was to overcome the barriers to negative thinking and to improve student capacity for appropriate and effective decision-making skills. We can obtain this using a direct relationship between cognitive distortions and decision-making skills.
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Al-Khuzai, A. (2009). The Ability of Decision-making according to the Efficiency of the Cognitive representation of Information among University Students.Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Humanities, 12 (4), 291-318.
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Al-Subai, A. (2011). Methods of Thinking and their Relationship to Decision-making among a Sample of Female Directors from Government Departments in the Jeddah Governorate, Unpublished Master Thesis, College of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.
Beck, A., & Alford, B. (2009). Depression: Causes and treatment. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Bullock-Yowell, E., McConnell, A., &Schedin, E. (2014). Decided and undecided students:Career self-efficacy, negative thinking, and decision-making difficulties. Nacada Journal, 34(1), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.12930/NACADA-13-016 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12930/NACADA-13-016
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Mulhem, S. (2014). Emotional Intelligence and its Relation to Decision-making. Field Study for a Sample of Damascus University Students, Unpublished Master Thesis, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Damascus, Syria.
Nagib, M. (2002). Cognitive Patterns among Administrative Decision Makers and their Relationship to Some Personality Traits. Journal of Psychological Studies, 12 (1), 63-113.
Phillips-Wren, G., Power, D. J., & Mora, M. (2019). Cognitive bias, decision styles, and risk attitudes in decision making and DSS. https://doi.org/10.1080/12460125.2019.1646509 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/12460125.2019.1646509
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Sadouq, F., Daif A. (2018). The Role of Strategic Thinking Patterns in Decision-making, a Field Study for the Pay Industry in Jelfa Foundation. Al-Bashaer Economic Magazine, 5 (1) 278-293.
Saleh, Z., &Jiyad M. (2019). Bullying and its Relationship to Cognitive Distortions among Adolescents in Secondary Schools, Faculty of Arts / University of Qadisiyah, Journal of the Faculty of Basic Education for Educational Sciences and Humanities No. (43), 1223-1245.
Salha, R. (2018). Cognitive distortions and relationship with morbid personality traits in reform and rehabilitation centers in governorates of the Gaza strip. Unpublished Master Thesis, College of Education, Al-Aqsa University, Gaza
Shandoukh, A., Mizal F., (2019). Cognitive Distortions among Middle School Students. Journal of the Faculty of Education, (36), 323-355.
Simic, D., Kovacevic, I., Svircevic, V., &Simic, S. (2017). 50 years of fuzzy set theory and models for supplier assessment and selection: A literature review. Journal of Applied Logic, 24, 85-96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2016.11.016
Sultan, R. (2018). Possible Self and its Relationship to Cognitive Euphoria among Distinguished Students in Distinguished Secondary Schools, Unpublished Master Thesis, College of Education for Girls, University of Baghdad, Baghdad.
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Zaghair, M., Mohamad, M. (2019). Ethical Decision Making and its Relationship with Self-Awareness among University Students, Faculty of Education, Al-Mustansiriya University, Journal of Psychological Research, 30 (4), 664-681.