University Students' Attitudes towards Reading and Its Relationship to Some Demographic Variables in the Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

Abstract

The current study aims to identify university students' attitudes towards reading and its relationship to some demographic variables in the universities of the Sultanate of Oman. The study sample consisted of (1434) male and female university students from various Omani public and private universities affiliated with the Ministry of Higher Education. The study covered all (11) governorates of Oman. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical approach. The researcher employed a scale of reading attitudes to collect the needed data. The study results showed that university students' reading attitudes recorded a high degree. The results also showed there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) in the university students' attitudes toward reading in terms of gender in favor of females, as well as there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) in reading attitudes regarding the variables

(governorate, university/college, and academic specialization).