Expectations of success and failure among university students

Abstract

    The current research aims to identify:      

1. Expectations of success and failure among university student.
2. Differences in expectations of success and failure among university students according to the variables of gender (male_female) and specialization (scientific_humanities).

     The research sample consisted of (400) male and female students, and to achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher adopted the scale of expectations of success and failure by Fibel and Hale,1978 which consists of (30) items, and psychometric properties such as validity and reliability were extracted, as the reliability coefficient of the scale (expectations of success and failure) extracted using the alpha method reached Cronbach (0.798), while the reliability extracted by the test-retest method reached(0.779), The results were analyzed using statistical methods (Pearson correlation coefficient, one-sample t-test ,t_ test for two independent samples, Two-way analysis of variance)، and the results were as follows: 

   University students have high expectations and failure for success, and there are no statistically significant differences between expectations of success and failure according to gender (males – females) and specialization (scientific–humanities)، The researcher recommended some suggestions and recommendations.