wisdom among sample of (instructors, students. staffs) at the university of Baghdad

Authors

  • Bayda H. Jameel Ministry of higher education- psychological research center
  • Bushra Othman Ahmed Ministry of higher education- psychological research center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v1i137.1039

Keywords:

Wisdom, Experience, Emotional regulation, reflection, openess to experience, Humor

Abstract

The study aimed to self-assessment wisdom among sample of (instructors, students. staffs) at the university of Baghdad to identify significance differences in self-assessment wisdom according to the variables (gender, and age, and occupation for all dimensions of inventory. The sample consists of (146) , responded to self-assessment wisdom inventory for Webster, that consist of six dimensions, The results of the study revealed that :research sample having  high self-assessment wisdom, and There is no statistically significant difference in self-assessment wisdom according to the variables (gender, age, occupation) variables for the all dimensions, except for emotional regulation field there was a significant differences according occupation variable in a favor to instructors.

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Published

2021-06-15

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Educational and psychological sciences

How to Cite

Jameel, B. H., & Ahmed, B. O. (2021). wisdom among sample of (instructors, students. staffs) at the university of Baghdad. Al-Adab Journal, 1(137), 235-256. https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v1i137.1039

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