The Effectiveness of a Training Program for the Development of National Belonging among Sample of Female University Students

Abstract

The present research aimed to explore the effectiveness of a program for enhancing and developing national belonging among university students. The sample consisted of (20) university students. Using a main questionnaire prepared by the present researchers to measure national belonging with (4) dimensions, historical, cultural, social, and religious. Using the semi-experimental method, with a Program that was used to enhance the main variable, it consists of (24) sessions, three per week. We find differences between Pre and Post measurements in national belonging according to the program in the Cultural dimension only. In addition, we did not find any differences between the post-test and follow-up after one month, which means that degrees are stable over time. The results indicated the effectiveness of the program in strengthening the national belonging of students in the cultural dimension only. The results were discussed in terms of the theoretical framework and previous studies and discussed in terms of the past literature in the same field.