The Predictive Ability of Attentional Control with Integrative Well-Being among Female Students of High School in Buraidah City

Authors

  • Randa Ali Abdullah Al-Mohsen PhD Researcher in Educational Psychology College of Languages and Humanities, Qassim University
  • Amal Saleh Sulaiman Al-Shuraida Professor of Educational Psychology College of Languages and Humanities, Qassim University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55074/hesj.vi46.1378

Keywords:

attentional control, integrative well-being, predictive ability, female students of high school in Buraidah city

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the predictive ability of attentional control with integrative Well-Being among female students of high school in Buraidah city. It also aimed to identify the level of attentional control and attentional control with integrative well-being among the study’s members. the researcher used the descriptive method (with its both correlational and predictive methods) The basic sample contained (578) female students whom were randomly chosen from all government secondary schools in Buraidah city, and from all secondary school classes. The developed attentional control scale of Derry Berry & Reed (2002) and the integrative well-being scale of Hervás & Vázquez (2013) were applied to the sample after the researcher translated both scales. The application was not carried out on the sample until the psychometric properties of both scales were verified. The study showed several results, including that the overall level of attentional control, and (concentration) as one of its dimensions, was low and below average among the sample members, while the level of the other dimension of control, which is (attentional switching), was average. The results also confirmed an increase in all dimensions of integrative well-being and their total degree among the sample individuals. There is also a variance in the relative contributions of the dimensions of attentional control in predicting integrative well-being, as all dimensions of attentional control showed different and statistically significant contributions in predicting integrative well-being, as (concentration) explained about (19.8%) of the variances in integrative well-being, followed by attentional shifting, which explained (4.8%) of the variances in integrative well-being. The results also showed the possibility of predicting integrative well-being through attentional control, as attentional control explained about (24.2%) of the variances in integrative well-being. Due to these results, several recommendations were proposed to implement many interventions and applied practices in government schools regarding the study variables, and some research proposals were suggested.

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2025-05-24

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Al-Mohsen, R. A. A., & Al-Shuraida, A. S. S. (2025). The Predictive Ability of Attentional Control with Integrative Well-Being among Female Students of High School in Buraidah City . Humanities and Educational Sciences Journal, 46, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.55074/hesj.vi46.1378