Grief Response Among Orphan Students in Schools

Abstract

The current research aimed to identify the level of grief response among orphan students in the schools of the Baghdad Education Directorate /Al-Rusafa First , and to identify the significance of the differences in grief response according to the gender variable. To achieve the objectives of the current research, the researcher built a grief response scale based on Worden’s theory (1987), the scale was applied to a research sample of (200) male and female students, and the validity of the construct was confirmed. It was found that the items of the scale are distinct and statistically significant. Reliability was calculated using the split-half method and its value was (0.81), and the Cronbach method and its value was ( 0.892), and the statistical indicators of the scale were also confirmed.