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Background: The results of epidemiological studies help in developing protective and treatment plans for community members, and identifying the psychological support services that individuals need to reduce the negative effects of these stressful conditions. Therefore, this study aimed to detect the effect of the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 on the mental health of individuals. A survey descriptive design was used in this study to detect the level of psychological problems and to determine the differences in psychological problems due to nationality, age, sex, social status, learning level, and income. Method: A random sample consists of 5611(3423 Egyptians and 2188 Saudis) participants was chosen, their ages ranged between (16 to more than 50) year. The study sample was divided into sub-groups according to nationality, age, sex, social status, learning level, income level. The researchers in this study prepared psychological problems symptoms inventory that has been applied online to the sample. Results: The findings indicated that the increased prevalence of COVID -19 has a negative effect on the mental health of individuals, as the level of psychological problems were increased, and the results also found differences in the prevalence of psychological problems symptoms due to demographic variables. Conclusion: The study results emphasized the importance of prevention and treatment of psychological problems symptoms caused by the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19. As well as, these findings stressed on the role of counseling and therapy via the internet as well as, cross-cultural counseling and treatment.
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The enjoying life and health status, consider one of the determinants of active adulthood and successful aging. Hence the importance of this study represented in investigate these variables, especially in the light of globalization, which left its negative effects clearly on the individual of this century as deep scarves, which positive psychology seeking to strengthen the positive and treat the negative aspects to achieve well-being. This descriptive study aimed to examine the relationship between enjoying life and health status among adults and the elderly, and to detect the differences in enjoying life and health status due to age, education, and sex. The sample consisted of 380 adults and elderly persons selected randomly. Data were collected by enjoying life scale and health status questionnaire which prepared by researchers in this study. The results showed that there was a significant statistical relationship between enjoying life and health status, and there were significant statistical differences in enjoying life and health status due to age, education, and sex. Level of enjoying life and health status was high in participants who are elderly, educated and females. These findings emphasized the importance of developing the enjoying life among young adults and the elderly to enjoy with health status and to achieve active adulthood and successful aging.
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The present study aimed to identify the relative contribution of both psychological serenity and self-regulated learning strategies in predicting academic engagement among universities. The sample consisted of 522 university students (274 males and 248 females). Data were collected by a psychological serenity scale, self-regulated learning strategies scale and academic engagement questionnaire which applied to the sample. The results of the study included a statistically significant difference between the means of the males’ and females’ scores in psychological serenity, self-regulated learning strategies, and academic engagement, the differences were in favor of females. The stepwise regression results revealed the possibility of predicting academic engagement through discipline and acceptance as a dimension of psychological serenity and self-regulated learning strategies, which are accounted for an (80.6% and 41.9%) variance in academic engagement respectively.