The Level of Psychological Security and its Relationship to the Achievement Motivation Level among the Physically Disabled in Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the Level of Psychological Security and its Relationship to the Achievement Motivation Level among the Physically Disabled in Jordan. In order to achieve the study objectives, the study used the correlative descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (65) physically disabled were randomly selected from association and center in Irbid governorate in Jordan. The study used two tools; first one is the psychological security scale for Najjar's (2012), and the second one is the achievement motivation scale which was developed by the researchers, which were used after verifying their psychometric properties through validity and reliability in the second semester of 2015/2016.
The results of the study indicated that the levels of psychological security, and achievement motivation among the physically disabled were medium, and the results also showed a positive correlation between psychological security and achievement motivation among the physically disabled.
The study recommends the necessity of holding training and guiding programs to raise the psychological security and achievement motivation levels among the physically disabled in Jordan, and conducting more researches and studies of psychological security and achievement motivation variables among the physically disabled and relating them with other variables such as gender, severity of disability, and type of disability.