Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 28, No. 2, 2016

Meta-emotional Skills and its Correlation to Social Support and Academic Specialization of Preparatory Year Students at King Saud University / Elsayed R. Boraik

The current study aimed to look into the correlation of meta-emotional skills to social support and Academic Specialization of Preparatory Year (PY) students, King Saud University. The study sample consisted of (114) students of the preparatory year at King Saud University. To achieve the objectives, the researcher used the social support scale of preparation / Susan Dion (1987) and a scale designed by the researcher to measure the meta-emotional skills. The study resulted in the following: - There is a statistically significant positive correlation between the degree of meta-emotional skills and degree of social support among PY students at King Saud University. - There is a statistically significant positive correlation between the meta-emotional skills and the social support among PY students of science colleges’ track at King Saud University. - There is a statistically significant positive correlation between the meta-emotional skills and the social support among PY students of Humanity colleges’ track at King Saud University. - There are no statistically significant difference in means of grades between PY students of science colleges’ track and PY students of humanity colleges’ track at King Saud University, in favor of students of science colleges’ track.
Key Words: Awareness, Self-Monitoring.