Psychological Security and Its Relationship to Meaning of Life in A Sample of Sulaimani University Teachers

Abstract

This research aims to determine the relationship between psychological security and the meaning of life among teachers of the College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani, according to the variables (gender, age, specialization). The research sample consists of the teachers of the College of Basic Education, University of Sulaimani, according to the gender variables (male-female) for the academic year (2023-2024). The number of teachers reached (56) in the departments College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the (Aql, 2009) scale for psychological security consisting of (26) paragraphs, and the (Aishi, 2017) scale for the meaning of life consisting of (28) paragraphs with a reliability rate of (86%), then extracting the reliability of the psychological security and meaning of life scale by retesting, which amounted to (0.883) for psychological security, and (0.854) for the meaning of life. After extracting the reliability according to the statistical procedures and reaching the results, the study reached the following:

1- There is a high level of psychological security among teachers of the College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani.

2- There is a meaning of life and a high level among teachers of the College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani.

3- There is a strong direct relationship between psychological security and the meaning of life among teachers of the College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani.

4- There is no statistically significant difference in psychological security and the meaning of life among teachers of the College of Basic Education at the University of Sulaimani according to the variable (age and specialization), but there is a statistically significant difference according to gender (males and females) in favor of males.