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The Attitudes Of First-year Social Science Students Toward Their Specialization: A Field Study On A Sample Of Students At The University Of Laghouat

Auteurs : Ayat Lamine . Zaidi Hadj Aissa .

Résumé

The current study aimed to examine the attitudes of first-year students in the Social Science Branch toward this specialization at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Laghouat. The study utilized the "Attitudes of Students Toward Social Science Specialization" scale, developed by the researcher, and was applied to a random sample of 120 students from the first-year Social Science Branch during the 2024/2025 academic year. The descriptive exploratory method was used due to its appropriateness for the nature of the study. The results showed that students’ attitudes were generally positive toward their specialization, and there were differences in attitudes toward the specialization between genders and between students who were self-directed in their choice and those who were assigned the specialization without preference.

Mots clés

Attitudes ; Social Science Specialization ; Self-directed Orientation ; Non-preferred Orientation