Modesty trait and its relation to self-assertiveness among Tikrit university’s students

Abstract

The study aims to identify the level of modesty and self-assertiveness among Tikrit university’s students in regard with students’ gender and major (scientific, human studies), and to identify the correlation between modesty trait and self-assertiveness of students. To this end, the researcher has designed a scale to measure modesty that consisted of four-domains (decency, avoiding of unattractive, pang of conscience, and apprehension). Moreover, the researcher adopted a scale of self-assertiveness that designed by (shawki, 1998). The sample included (600) student on first-stage at the university of Tikrit. The results revealed that students have a high level of modesty and self-assertiveness; there is a correlation between modesty trait and self-assertiveness; female has a high level of modesty than male do. Modesty showed a high level at scientific studies than that of human studies, and finally, gender showed no significant difference in self-assertiveness, but self-assertiveness showed significant difference in regard of scientific studies