The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.
Int J Psychol. 2023 Feb;58(1):7-15. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12873. Epub 2022 Aug 2.
This study examined differences between Arab and Jewish undergraduate students in their perceived academic challenges, COVID-19-related concerns, perceived social support and trust in the university and the government. It also examined factors associated with perceived academic challenges and the moderating role of trust in the university in the associations between COVID-19-related concerns and perceived academic challenges. The sample consisted of 2751 students: 2291 (83%) Jewish, 398 (15%) Arab and 61 (2%) 'other'. Arab students reported higher COVID-19-related concerns and perceived academic challenges, and lower levels of perceived social support and trust in university and government than did Jewish students. Both Jewish and Arab students identified COVID-19-related concerns as a stress-vulnerability factor for perceived academic challenges, whereas perceived social support and trust in the university were identified as resources for perceived academic challenges. No support was found for the role of trust in government in the face of perceived academic challenges nor for the moderating role of trust in the university in the associations between COVID-19-related concerns and perceived academic challenges. In conclusion, the need of Arab students for emotional and academic support needs to be acknowledged as part of the efforts to promote academic success during the pandemic.
本研究考察了阿拉伯和犹太本科学生在感知到的学术挑战、与 COVID-19 相关的担忧、感知到的社会支持以及对大学和政府的信任方面的差异。它还研究了与感知到的学术挑战相关的因素，以及信任在大学中的调节作用，在与 COVID-19 相关的担忧和感知到的学术挑战之间的关联中。样本由 2751 名学生组成：2291 名（83%）是犹太人，398 名（15%）是阿拉伯人，61 名（2%）是“其他”。与犹太学生相比，阿拉伯学生报告了更高的与 COVID-19 相关的担忧和感知到的学术挑战，以及更低的感知到的社会支持和对大学和政府的信任。犹太和阿拉伯学生都将与 COVID-19 相关的担忧视为感知到的学术挑战的压力脆弱性因素，而感知到的社会支持和对大学的信任则被视为感知到的学术挑战的资源。没有证据表明在面对感知到的学术挑战时，对政府的信任起到了作用，也没有证据表明在与 COVID-19 相关的担忧和感知到的学术挑战之间的关联中，对大学的信任起到了调节作用。总之，需要承认阿拉伯学生对情感和学术支持的需求，这是在大流行期间促进学业成功的努力的一部分。
