Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Educational & Psychological Research & Studies
Article Title
Palestinian university students’ attitudes towards voluntary work in the light of some variables
Abstract
This study aimed to identify the Palestinian university students’ attitudestowards voluntary work in the light of some variables.The researcher usedthe analytical descriptive approach.The population of study consisted of allstudents at the Palestinian universities and the study sample was 309 students.The questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection.The study revealedthe following results: The average degree of overall responses to all areas ofthe questionnaire was (1.97) , with a percentage weight of (38.82) The totalrelative weight area volunteer areas in which university students wishing toparticipate (44.63%) , followed by the degree of the university young volunteerwork relative weight (37.20%) , and finally the benefits expected by theuniversity the young man as a result of their participation in volunteer workrelative weight (34.15%) .There were no statistically significant differences atthe level (a ≤ 0.05) between the mean of the study sample attitudes towardsvolunteer work related to gender, major and university in the total score ofthe questionnaireIn the light of these findings, the study recommended thefollowing:1. The necessity of activating the role of community institutions to improvethe quality of volunteer work.2. Highlighting the role of universities in enriching the culture of volunteerwork through study programs.
Recommended Citation
Al-Zaien, Sulaiman Hussain
(2016)
"Palestinian university students’ attitudes towards voluntary work in the light of some variables,"
Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Educational & Psychological Research & Studies: Vol. 4:
No.
16, Article 11.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jaqou_edpsych/vol4/iss16/11