Future anxiety among Isra university students in the light of some variables

Pages: 13-17
Hanan J. Halaseh and Iyad J. All Shawareb (Department of Psychology, Isra University, Amman, The Hashemite Kingdome of Jordan)

This study was aimed to explore the future anxiety among Isra University students in the light of some variables in Jordan, the sample comprised 353 students 201 males and 152 females randomly chosen in the age ranged from 18 to 25 years. The researchers developed a questionnaire about future anxiety consisted of 28 items distributed into three dimensions. The results showed that the major source of future anxiety among the study sample was fear from future also results indicated that there are statically differences in future anxiety among students on the base of gender, educational streams, family income, whereas there were no statically differences on the base of level of study and the academic qualifications of father and mother. In terms of dimensions the results presented that there were statically differences in fear from future on the base of gender, educational stream, level of the study, family income, and the academic qualification of father and mother.