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Greater traditionalism predicts COVID-19 precautionary behaviors across 27 societies
( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)People vary both in their embrace of their society's traditions, and in their perception of hazards as salient and necessitating a response. Over evolutionary time, traditions have offered avenues for addressing hazards, ... -
Socio-Economic Development, Globalization and the Need for Heritage Policy in Qatar: Case Study
( Scientific Research Publishing Inc , 2021 , Article)Qatar, has a rich history and seen many changes in a small amount of time, investigating its heritage. Although a young state established in 1868 Qatar’s key sectors is trying to create their own policy strategies. Major ... -
رأي الشعوب العربية في الأنظمة السياسية: دراسة مقارنة باستخدام منهج تحليل المكونات الرئيسة
( المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات , 2021 , Article)يوفِّر المؤشر العربي 2019/ 2020 بيانات يمكن من خلالها تسليط الضوء على مدى تجاوب المجتمعات العربية مع الأنظمة السياسية. ولفهم توجهات هذه الشعوب، استخدمت الدراسة تحليل المكوّنات الرئيسية لتقييم مدى ملاءمة الأنظمة السياسية ... -
الفجوة الرقمية والعزوف عن المشاركة السياسية تحليل انحدار لوجستي ثنائي الاستجابة لعيّنة من بيانات المؤشر العربي
( المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات , 2022 , Article)تركز هذه الورقة على قياس الفجوة الرقمية ومدى تأثيرها في المشاركة السياسية في مجموعة من الدول العربية، وتهدف إلى تقييم الدور الذي تؤديه المحددات الديموغرافية والسوسيو-اقتصادية في الحد من الوصول إلى الإنترنت. جرى استخدام ... -
Fear of being infected with COVID-19 virus among the medical social workers and its relationship to their future orientation
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)COVID-19 has been studied extensively for its direct effects on healthcare workers. Despite this, very little is known about the effect of COVID-19 fear on future orientation. Studying medical social workers’ fear of being ... -
Social inequality and homeownership from a comparative perspective: Is there a return of the welfare state?
(2020 , Article)Esping-Andersen’s typology of welfare state regimes has been one of the most influential contributions to comparative studies. The general picture of this typology has four variants: social democratic, conservative, southern ... -
Arab Public Opinion on Political Systems : A Comparative Study Using Principal Component Analysis
( Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies , 2022 , Article)The 2019–2020 Arab Opinion Index (AOI) offers interesting data on how responsive Arab societies are toward political regimes. Our study used principal component analysis to evaluate trends in public opinion regarding the ... -
مدى رضا الشباب في ظل التحوّلات السياسية والاقتصادية بعد "الربيع العربي" تحليل انحدار لوجستي ثنائي الاستجابة لعيّنة من المغرب العربي
( المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات , 2020 , Article)يُعتبر معدل البطالة لدى الشباب المغاربيين من بين أعلى المعدلات في العالم، بحسب المؤشرات المتوافرة لدى البنك الدولي. فبعد انتفاضات "الربيع العربي" ( 2011)، اصطدم طموح هؤلاء الشباب بالواقع الاقتصادي والسياسي في منطقة المغرب ... -
A diagnostic tool for family and marriage counseling with Muslim couples
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article)This study aimed to describe the development and psychometric properties of a questionnaire for Muslim couples and families based on how couples view and experience marital and family issues. A questionnaire was developed ... -
Can Identity Buffer Against the Detrimental Effects of Threat? The Case of the Qatar Blockade
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)In 2017, the blockade of Qatar Gulf states caused a plethora of effects on the country. This paper sought to examine the resulting threat effects of this blockade in terms of lowered self-esteem and well-being, and the ... -
Can the word superiority effect be modulated by serial position and prosodic structure?
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)In this study, we examined the word superiority effect in Arabic and English, two languages with significantly different morphological and writing systems. Thirty-two Arabic-English bilingual speakers performed a post-cued ... -
Forced Displacement in Libya and its Health, Psychological and Social Dimensions: The Case of the Displaced Tawergha
( Richtmann Publishing Ltd , 2022 , Article)Exposure to the physiological, social, and psychological situations of those relocated from Tawergha is a relatively new issue in the study of Libyan forced migration. This inquiry aims to learn more about the social, ... -
Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Sources of Information (KAPS) toward COVID-19 during the second wave pandemic among university population in Qatar: A cross-sectional study
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Many efforts were performed to contain the virus worldwide. People's knowledge and attitude should be directed toward strict ... -
Human Factors in Driving Accidents: A Cognitive Investigation in the Gulf Context
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Human factors were reported by researchers to be the reason behind the majority of car accidents; examples of these factors were: inattention, stress, distraction, decision making, drugs and alcohol abuses. Most of such ... -
قيم المواطنة في زمن الازمات: الحصار على قطر نموذجا
( عمادة البحث العلمي والدراسات العليا بالجامعة الإسلامية بغزة - فلسطين , 2021 , Article)دراسة قِيم المواطنةِ في زمن الأزمات كان طموحاً دفعت إليه مجموعةٌ من الملاحظات والأحداث، التي فرضت نفسها بقوةٍ. وللقيام بهذه الدراسة تم تحديد الهدف الرئيسي في التعرف على حضور قِيم المواطنة لدى المواطن القطري زمن الحصار ومدى ... -
Organizational Trust and its Impact on the Organizational Commitment of Human Resources
( Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) , 2022 , Article)The present study aims to identify the nature of the impact of organizational trust with its dimensions (trust in colleagues, trust in supervisors, trust in Administration) on the organizational commitment of human resources. ... -
Social Support Effectiveness of the Mental Health of Immigrants Living in Belgium
( OXFORD ACADEMIC , 2022 , Article)The increase in immigration has required social workers to focus more on this field and understand the social support systems of immigrants and the effects of their relationships with these systems to improve their ... -
Social work practices and enabling the integration of students from war and conflict zones
( Springer , 2021 , Article)Until recently, few studies have examined international students’ social issues and well-being from war and conflict zones. A significant proportion of international students in Turkey have arrived from countries actively ... -
Testing a Model of the Threat of Street Sexual Harassment in Egypt: Implications for Social Work Education
( Macrothink Institute , 2021 , Article)This study tested a model of Egyptian women’s well-being and perception of the threat of sexual harassment. The model was drawn from multiple theoretical frameworks, including the vulnerability perspective, objectification ... -
Measuring Egyptian Women’s Vulnerability to Sexual Harassment Threat: Reliability and Validity Evidence
( faculty of social work, Helwan University , 2021 , Article)This study developed an instrument to assess Arab women’s perception of the threat of sexual harassment (SH). In order to capture the cultural and interpersonal aspects related to Arab women’s views of such a phenomenon, ...
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