Psychological Safety among Orphan Students in the High schools Stage

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the level of psychological safety among orphan students in the preparatory stage. It also aims to identify the significance of differences in psychological safety among orphan students in the preparatory stage based on gender (male, female). The researcher selected a sample of 100 orphan students in the preparatory stage using a random sampling method, consisting of 50 males and 50 female students from four schools in the Baqubah district. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher adopted Maslow's scale of psychological safety needs, which was revised by Al-Dulaimi et al. (1993) to clarify the concept of psychological safety. The research followed scientific procedures after verifying the scale's validity through face validity and reliability through test-retest, with a reliability coefficient of 0.80. The findings of the study showed that the sample of the study exhibited a high and positive level of psychological safety. It is also shown that there are no statistically significant differences in psychological safety between males and females.