Social adjustment and self- esteem among a sample of visitors and non- visitors to the psychological clinic after being exposed to psychological trauma (Sexual harassment as an example)

التوافق الاجتماعي وتقدير الذات لدى المراجعين وغير المراجعين للعيادة النفسية بعد التعرض للصدمة النفسية (التحرش الجنسي نموذجاً)

الملخص

The study aims to investigate the differences between visitors and non- visitors to the psychological clinic after being exposed to psychological trauma (sexual harassment as an example) in Social adjustment and self- esteem, as well as to discover the relationship between study variables among a purposive sample consisted of 54 participants (17=visitors, 37=non- visitors), 31.4% were males. To achieve the study aims two scales were used: Social Adjustment scale by "Sura, E. M." (1986), and Self- esteem scale by "Rosenberg, M." (1965). Results revealed that there were significant differences between visitors and non- visitors to psychological clinic after being traumatized in social adjustment and self- esteem. In addition, the results showed significant correlation between social adjustment and self- esteem among the total sample, visitors and non- visitors of the psychological clinic. The full text of the study includes details of the results and discussion, as well as some of recommendations made by the researchers.