POSITIVE THINKING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO FUTURE ANXIETY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH THALASSEMIA

Abstract

The current research aims to identify: 1. Identify the positive thinking of individuals with thalassemia 2. Identify the statistically significant differences in positive thinking in patients with Thalassemia according to the following variables: (male / female) 3. Measuring future anxiety in people with thalassemia. 4. Identify the statistically significant differences in future anxiety in patients with thalassemia according to the following variables: (male / female) 5. Identify the correlation between positive thinking and future anxiety in people with thalassemia: The current research was limited to individuals with thalassemia, and the statistical community consists of (1200) distributed according to gender. (584)males, and (616)females. age of less than 15 years were (463) of the statistical community, year 2018/2019 in order to choose a sample, representative of the research community represented by individuals afflicted with Thalassemia, (96) male and (104) female. were distributed according to the age variable. Table (2) illustrates this for achieving the objectives of the research. The researcher adopted the positive thinking scale prepared previously (Seligman's definition (2003). The scale consists of (38) items built according to (Seligman's theory), and for each of these paragraphs there are five alternatives to answer, which are (so much, much, Average, little, very little). There are also negative and positive items in the scale. For achieving the research objectives, the researcher adopted the measure of future anxiety prepared by (Al-Sabawi, 2008). POSITIVE THINKING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO FUTURE ANXIETY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH THALASSEMIA PJAEE, 1 7(6), 2020 11739 The scale consists of (30) paragraphs, and each of these paragraphs has five alternatives to the answer, which are (always, often, sometimes, rarely, none). There are also negative and positive items in the scale. To verify the understanding of the scale's paragraphs, its scales and instructions, to uncover the vague and unclear paragraphs for modifying them and to calculate the time spent in responding to the paragraphs of this scale, the researcher applied the scale on (30) individuals with Thalassemia who were randomly selected from the research community, and the researcher found that The scale paragraphs and its instructions were clear and the time taken to answer the paragraphs was (10-20) minutes, and an average of (15) minutes. Each paragraph is given scales ranging from (1-5) a score for the positive paragraph, while the negative paragraph is corrected in the opposite (1-5) score, and the scale consists of (30) paragraphs, the highest score the respondent gets (150) and the lowest score the respondent gets ( 30 degrees with an average hypothetical score of (90)