The Emptiness Of Meaning For University Students

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the emptiness of meaning among university students, the significance of the differences in the emptiness of meaning among university students according to the variables of gender (male - female), specialization (scientific - human). In order to achieve the objectives of the current research, the researchers built a measure of emptiness of meaning based on the theory (Frankl, 2006), which consists of (30) paragraphs distributed on (4) domains with (8) for the first domain the loss of purpose or meaning, (7) for the second domain, indifference, and (7) ) for the third field is boring and (8) for the fourth field is void. The research was conducted on a building sample of (400) male and female students from all faculties at the University of Dhi Qar distributed by gender (155 males and (39%) and (245) females At a rate of (61%), and according to the specialization, the number of students in the humanitarian specialization is (142) male and female students at a rate of (35%), while the number of students in the scientific specialization is (258) at a rate of (65%), then the application is repeated again on the same sample to be the application sample Finally, the paragraphs of the scale were analyzed logically and statistically to calculate their discriminatory ability and their validity coefficients. The researchers verified the apparent validity and construction validity indicators of the two scales, and calculated the stability of the two scales by two methods (Alpha Cronbach - retest), and for the purpose of verifying the research procedures and results, the researchers used the appropriate statistical means. The results revealed the following: The research sample had a weak degree of meaninglessness. There are no differences in the relationship between emptiness of meaning and intellectual immunity according to gender (male - female), there are no differences in the relationship between emptiness of meaning and intellectual immunity according to specialization (scientific - human).