The Dominant Values of Universities students in the light of some variables

Abstract

Current research strives to achieve the following aims:

1. Develop a scale for dominant values of Tikrit university students.
2. Measuring the dominant of Tikrit university students.
3. Identifying the significant differences among dominant values of Tikrit university students according to(sex, specialty, time).
4. Measuring the dominant values of each one of the six fields of the scale.
5. Identifying the differences in dominant values of each field according to the sex variables.

The current research has limited to Tikrit university students, the researcher showed several theories that interpret the initiation of values and their development and change The  researcher has adapted Spranger theory. To achieve the research aims, the researcher has developed a scale of values consisting of six fields (scientific values, economical values, social values, religious values, political values and aesthetic values) that are limited in the light of previous literatures and adopted theory.

For each field items have been formulated and answered in the light of tripartite scale. The items have been analyzed in tow ways(two contrasted groups and the relation of item score with aggregate score of the scale). The validity of the scale has achieved by (face validity , factorial validity and construct validity).

The reliability has been calculated by (test- retest, Alpha internal consistency and half split).

The results have indicated that Tikrit university students have a high level of values The sample medium is higher than the hypothetical medium of the scale The results have indicated that female students have higher level of values than male students.

Students of human specialty have higher level of values than scientific specialty.The dominant values of university students during occupation are higher than those before occupation. The results have indicated the dominance of scientific values of university students and there were no differences in scientific values between male and female students. The economic and social value of male and female students were poor. The individuals showed a high level of religious values that dominant among students and they were more dominant at female students. The political values were common and shown a high level at both male and female.

The result has indicated the dominance of aesthetic values at the sample of this research. They were higher at female than at male.

In the light of these results the researchers has presented a set of recommendations and suggestions.