Umm Al-Qura University

Umm Al-Qura University

The Relative Contribution of the Emotional Suppression in Predicting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome among Female Students of Umm Al-Qura University at Makkah Al Mukarramah


- 2024/10/28

Al Jawhara Abdul Qadir bin Taha Al Shaibi*
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia
Volume:16 | Issue: 2 | Pages:108-119 | June 2024 | https://doi.org/10.54940/ep60466644 | PDF
Received:14/2/2023 | Revised:8/3/2023 | Accepted:15/3/2023
*Corresponding author: [email protected]

 

Abstract

This study aims to determine the level of implementing the strategy of the emotional suppression by Umm Al Qura University female students, to know the prevalence rate of the chronic fatigue syndrome among female students of Umm Al Qura University, to know the relationship between the use of the emotional suppression strategy and the feeling of the chronic fatigue syndrome, and to know the differences between female students of Umm Al Qura University in using the strategy of the emotional suppression and the Chronic fatigue syndrome according to marital status and age, revealing the possibility of predicting the feeling of the chronic fatigue syndrome through the scores achieved by Umm Al Qura University female students on the scale of the emotional suppression prepared by Al-Khairi and Taleb (2017), and the chronic fatigue scale prepared by Abdul Khaleq and Al Dheeb (2006) Using the descriptive, predictive method . The study was applied to a Random sample of (417) female students at Umm Al Qura University in Makkah Al Mukaromah. The results revealed that the level of emotional suppression among Umm Al Qura University female students is higher than the average. The prevalence of the chronic fatigue syndrome is less than the average, while the prevalence of the chronic fatigue according to the used test (the median) ranged between (47.4-48.4%) among university female students for the dimensions and the total score. The value of the correlation coefficient between the students' scores on the emotional suppression scale and their scores on the chronic fatigue syndrome scale was positive and indicative Moreover, the results showed that the emotional suppression predicted the chronic fatigue syndrome by (19%).

Keywords

Emotional Suppression, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Umm Al-Qura University Female Students.

How to Cite 

Al Shaibi, A. (2024). The Relative Contribution of the Emotional Suppression in Predicting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome among Female Students of Umm Al-Qura University at Makkah Al Mukarramah. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Educational and Psychological Sciences, 16(2), 108-119. https://doi.org/10.54940/ep60466644

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