Journal of Humanties and Social Sciences

Exploring Cultural Patterns in Saudi Female Drama: A Study of the Literary Implications in The Pianist (2012) and Oh My Mirror (2016)

د.عهود العقيل — 2025-09-29

This article examines the implicit cultural patterns in Saudi women's drama, focusing on how these narratives reflect the evolving societal roles and representations of women in literature. Through a detailed analysis of the monodramas of Milha Abdullah and Khamisah Alfarhan, respectively, The Pianist and Oh, My Mirror, the study explores the contrast between generational values and the changing dynamics within Saudi society. Abdullah's work delves into the cultural values and norms shaping women's experiences, highlighting the shift in Saudi female playwrights' approach to dramatizing women's roles. Meanwhile, Alfarhan's play offers a poignant feminist discourse within the confined symbolic space of a room, representing the limited societal spheres allocated to women. It encapsulates the essence of feminist discourse, contrasting traditional societal norms with the perspectives of the fiery younger generation. This article integrates quotations and dramatic elements to elucidate the emotional toll of family relationships and the broader societal struggles women face, thereby uncovering the thematic depth and emotional landscapes portrayed in these dramatic works.

واقع سياسات الإرشاد الأسري في دعم منظومة الحماية الأسرية بالمملكة العربية السعودية

د.عبدالله الأسمري — 2025-09-29

This study aimed to identify the reality of family guidance policies and their contribution to supporting the family protection system from the perspective of employees in the field of family guidance under non-profit and national sectors, utilizing a social survey method. The study sample consisted of (80) male and female family advisors. The study concluded that there is a positive role regarding policies of guidance, indicating that there were institutional frames for centers of family guidance and their programs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with a great influence on effective and institutional organizing and introduction of family guidance services. Additionally, advisors in the field of family guidance have a high level of knowledge about those policies. Furthermore, the study concluded that the contribution of those policies was significant, with the most notable contributions of family guidance policies in supporting the family protection system shown through continuous development in family guidance policies, their laws and regulations, and follow-up on their implementation under local laws and international conventions. It also highlighted its role in supporting various family protection programs adopted by the ministry. The results further indicated that there were no significant statistical differences regarding the study axes except for the variables of age and marital status.

تحليل مواسم الجفاف المناخي في المرتفعات الجبلية الشمالية والوسطى في الأردن للفترة (1984-2023) باستخدام مؤشر (SPI)

أ.محمد قوقزه — 2025-09-29

The study aimed to identify the climatic drought seasons in the northern and central mountainous regions of Jordan during the period 1984-2023 and to evaluate and analyze seasonal and periodic drought. To achieve the study’s objectives, the descriptive-analytical method, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), and five-year moving averages were employed. The SPI results indicated that Ras Munif, Jerash, and Amman Civil Airport stations were the most affected by drought, with approximately 23 drought seasons recorded. Seasonally, autumn and winter were the most drought-prone, with 25 drought seasons. Among all the drought categories, moderate drought ranked first occurring in 18 seasons of the study area, which was 45% of all the drought events. The moving averages showed that the period between 2005/2006 and 2016/2017 was the longest and most severe drought period during the study timeframe. Furthermore, the study found that the frequency of drought seasons had an increasing trend towards the second period (2004 – 2023). Specifically, the first period recorded about 10 drought seasons out of 20 seasons, compared to 12 drought seasons in the second period. The study recommends further future research on climate change and predicting expected climatic drought seasons.

النوموفوبيا بين طلبة المرحلة الجامعية في مدينة الرياض دراسة جغرافية نفسية تطبيقية

د.أماني الفنتوخ — 2025-09-29

This study aims to reveal the prevalence of nomophobia in the city of Riyadh among undergraduate students and their geographical distribution in the neighborhoods of Riyadh. In addition, the study investigates the differences between students infected with nomophobia and their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, besides the differences between infected students suffering from organic and psychological diseases and disorders, employing the Yildirim scale according to the Arabic translation of Al-Akour (2017). The study includes a sample of 254 undergraduate students, both male and female, in a public university located in Riyadh for the first semester of the academic year 1444 AH.

The results concluded that the incidence of nomophobia infections increased to 70.1%, and the proportion of infected people in the neighborhoods in the west of Riyadh was 70.8%, compared to a decrease of 67.6% in the neighborhoods south of Riyadh. The study also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between infected students and their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. There were also no statistically significant differences between infected students and the organic and psychological diseases.

The study recommended raising awareness among university students of the risks of the growing incidence of nomophobia.

الصورة العربية لمقياس التحرر من الالتزام الأخلاقي خلال التنمر الإلكتروني للمراهقين: دلالات الصدق والثبات

أحمد مجاور عبدالعليم — 2025-09-29

The current research aims to Arabize and standardize the Cyberbullying Moral Disengagement Scale for adolescents, prepared by Bussey & Fitzpatrick in (2014), as the Arab environment is almost devoid of such a scale. After completing the translation of the scale’s items, it was applied to a sample consisting of 854 male and female students, ranging from 14.6 to 18.5 years old, in public education schools at the secondary level in the city of Buraidah in the Qassim Educational Region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using appropriate statistical methods, the validity and reliability of the scale and the ability of its scores to discriminate between normal and bullying adolescents were confirmed. The validity and reliability indicators of the scale demonstrated good psychometric properties, confirming its suitability for use in the Arab environment. The correlation coefficients between the item scores and the total scale score, after excluding the item's score, ranged from 0.685 to 0.932, which are positive and statistically significant correlations at the 0.01 level. Additionally, the results of confirmatory factor analysis indicated high goodness-of-fit indices, with the X²/df=2.042, and the RMSEA =0.035. The reliability coefficients were high, with test-retest reliability 0.912, Cronbach's alpha= 0.968, and McDonald's Omega reliability coefficient=0.967. The findings also highlighted the scale's effectiveness in distinguishing between non-bullies and cyberbullies among adolescents in terms of moral disengagement mechanisms, with significant differences in favor of the bullies. Furthermore, the results indicated significant differences between male and female adolescent bullies, with males exhibiting higher moral disengagement. The researchers recommend using the current scale in future studies as well as verifying its psychometric properties on other samples.