University Students’ Cognitive Resilience

Abstract

The current study aims to determine the level of cognitive flexibility among university students, as well as to identify differences in cognitive flexibility based on the gender variable. The researcher employed a descriptive methodology with exploratory and comparative approaches in this study. The study was conducted on a sample of 123 university students from the College of Social and Human Sciences at Hamma Lakhdar University in El Oued. The participants were selected using simple random sampling. Data collection tools included the "Cognitive Flexibility Scale" developed by Abdelwahab (2011). Statistical methods such as the mean and T-test were employed. The current study yielded the following results:

- There is an average level of cognitive flexibility among university students.

- There are statistically significant differences in cognitive flexibility among university students based on the gender variable.