Digital Self-loathing among University Students (A Cross-Cultural Study): A Comparative Study Between Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to understand self-digital loathing among university students. The field study was conducted on a sample consisting of 1009 male and female students from Saudi and Egyptian universities. The researchers developed a scale to measure self-digital hatred, and the study concluded that there are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals at a significance level of 0.01 for two dimensions (Ideal Self-Promotion and Total Score) attributed to the difference in country (Egypt, Saudi Arabia), favoring the Egyptian sample. However, there are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals for the dimensions of Non-Display of Deficiencies and Non-Revelation of Deficiencies attributed to the difference in country (Egypt, Saudi Arabia). Moreover, there are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals across all dimensions of the Self-Digital loathing Scale and the total score attributed to gender (males-females). Additionally, the study shows statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals at a significance level of 0.01 for two dimensions (Ideal Self-Promotion, Non-Display of Deficiencies, and Total Score) in favor of scientific majors. However, statistically significant differences exist between the mean scores of sample individuals at a significance level of 0.01 for the dimension of Non-Revelation of Deficiencies in favor of theoretical majors. Furthermore, the study reveals statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals at a significance level of 0.05 for two dimensions (Ideal Self-Promotion and Total Score) in favor of lower academic levels. However, there are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of sample individuals for the dimensions of Non-Display of Deficiencies and Non-Revelation of Deficiencies attributed to academic levels (lower levels, higher levels). This implies that the tendencies to avoid displaying deficiencies and revealing deficiencies do not significantly differ between individuals at lower and higher academic levels.