The Five Major Personality Factors among Delinquents who Committed Crimes of Theft and Indecent Assault in Jordan Wafa' Taisir Ismail, Salem Atef Alqarra, Jad Fahmi Mazahreh, Ghazi "Mohammad Khair" Alkailani, Rami Saleh Halaweh, et al. Dirasat Human and Social Sciences, 2026 Objectives: This study aims to investigate the relationship between screen time, sleep quality, and BMI among students at the University of Jordan. Specific objectives include assessing the levels of sleep quality and average screen time, examining gender differences in these variables, and exploring their correlation with BMI. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 541 students (299 males and 242 females) from the University of Jordan. Participants completed health and lifestyle questionnaires, including the Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) and the Questionnaire for Screen Time of Adolescents (QueST). BMI was calculated from measured height and weight. Statistical analyses, including t-tests and correlation coefficients, were employed to explore the relationships between variables. Results: The study found a moderate level of sleep quality among students (mean SQS score: 1.45). The average daily screen time was 4 hours and 31 minutes, with significant differences between males and females in non-academic screen time activities. A significant negative correlation was observed between sleep quality and BMI (p < 0.05). Additionally, higher screen time was significantly associated with higher BMI (p < 0.05), with gender differences observed in both sleep quality and screen time behaviors. Conclusions: The findings indicate that prolonged screen time and poor sleep quality are prevalent among university students and are significantly associated with higher BMI. These insights highlight the need for interventions targeting screen time reduction and sleep quality improvement to promote healthier lifestyles and prevent obesity among students.
Short-Term Tobacco Abstinence: Effects on Emotional Balance and Psychological Alienation Alean Al-Krenawi, Numan Al-Natsheh, Feras Ali Al-Habies, Ahmad Abudoush, Somaya Al-Ja’afreh, et al. Healthcare Switzerland, 2025 Background/Objectives: Emerging evidence suggests that abstaining from tobacco smoking can influence emotional control and psychological well-being. This study examines the impact of short-term tobacco abstinence on emotional balance and psychological alienation through an experimental design. Methods: A total of 197 participants from a university in Jordan (academic year 2023/2024) were divided into three groups: one group abstained from smoking for 24 h (n = 65) and another for 48 h (n = 61), while the control group (n = 71) continued smoking as usual. Emotional balance and psychological alienation were assessed across all groups. Results: Participants who abstained from smoking (both 24 h and 48 h groups) reported lower scores on emotional balance and higher psychological alienation compared to the control group. Moreover, those in the 48 h abstinence group experienced significantly greater emotional imbalance and psychological alienation than those in the 24 h group. A significant negative correlation was found between emotional balance and psychological alienation in the 24 h abstinence and control groups, but not in the 48 h group. Conclusions: The findings indicate that short-term tobacco abstinence negatively affects emotional stability and increases feelings of psychological alienation. These effects are more pronounced after 48 h of abstinence compared to 24 h.
The Impact of Psychosocial Support and Psychological Well-Being among Expatriate Students Somaya Abdel-Hameed Al-Ja'afreh, Alean Al-krenawi, Feras Ali Al-Habies, Ahmad Nabeel Abudoush, Omar Ismail Hamzeh Alourani Journal of International Students, 2025 This study explores the impact of a psychological and social support program on social support and psychological security among expatriate students. Using a quasi-experimental design, 48 Arab expatriate students at Al-Isra Private University (16 males, 32 females) were assigned to experimental and control groups (24 each). Standardized scales measured social support and psychological security before and after the intervention. Results showed moderate social support and low psychological security among students prior to the program. Post-intervention, the experimental group demonstrated statistically significant improvements (p < 0.05) in both areas, highlighting the program’s effectiveness. The study emphasizes the importance of ongoing psychological security assessments to enhance expatriates' mental well-being.
The Predictive Ability of Cultural Intelligence and Character Orientations for Psychological Adaptation in Expatriates Alean Al-Krenawi, Numan Khaled Natsheh, Somaya Abdel-Hameed Al-Ja'afreh, Ahmad Nabeel Abudoush, Feras Ali Al-Habies, et al. Journal of International Students, 2025 This study investigated the predictive relationships between cultural intelligence (CQ), personal orientation, and psychological adaptation among 193 expatriate students at the University of Jordan. The results revealed a significant positive correlation between CQ, personal orientation, and psychological adaptation. Regression analysis indicated that motivational CQ was the strongest predictor of psychological adaptation (62.5%), with a 73.2% prediction combined with metacognitive CQ. Productive personal orientation also demonstrated a significant predictive relationship with adaptation (52.1%). Interestingly, the cognitive dimension of CQ exhibited lower predictive power than the motivational and metacognitive dimensions, suggesting the importance of action-oriented and reflective capacities over purely knowledge-based components. Additionally, gender differences emerged, with females showing higher levels of CQ and psychological adaptation. While CQ and personal orientation both influence adaptation, their independence from one another suggests distinct pathways.
Beyond Theory: Leveraging Business Intelligence Tools to Uncover Actionable Pathways for Mapping the Intention–Behavior Gap in Behavioral Sciences Mohammad Alhur, Ahmad N. Abudoush, Raed Alqirem, Mohamed M. Mostafa Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2025 Behavioral science confronts the issue of how people’s behaviors differ from what they intend to do. However, current models, such as the theory of planned behavior, are insufficient to account for contextual influences and interdisciplinary effects, especially in the case of modern social phenomena. The majority of studies concentrate on single domains (e.g., health and consumer behavior) and employ manual coding schemes, overlooking essential thematic relationships. This research highlights the necessity for integrative frameworks that attempt to analyze why intentions fail to be realized in complex settings such as climate change and digitalization. The primary objectives of this research are to identify and operate dominant and emerging thematic trends in intention–behavior literature in a time series from 1979 to 2025 and to analyze and investigate the effects of publication index status and citation patterns on scholarly impact. This study uses structural topic modeling (STM) alongside bibliometric analyses to identify themes and correlations in intention–behavior research. STM employs generalized linear models to include document‐level metadata, allowing for the discovery of related topics and the key factors influencing the development of the literature. Data collection was initially performed on February 20, 2025, through the Web of Science database, using studies that were identified following PRISMA guidelines, reviewed, and considered relevant. The initial records numbered 5350. Significant thematic trends were found to define, and key psychological mechanisms to explain the intention–behavior gap were identified. The study also found that the determinants of publication index status and citation trends play important roles in establishing the discipline’s fate and the impact of intention–behavior literature. Based on these findings, the study highlights how strong thematic links in intention–behavior research can inform cross‐domain interventions—such as integrating physical activity and organic food campaigns or leveraging sustainable tourism to promote ethical consumption—by targeting shared psychological drivers like health identity and self‐image. In future research, the intention–behavior gap should be investigated across different disciplines and contexts and with longitudinal and experimental designs to take advantage of the psychological and contextual factors that affect behavior.
Investigating attention toward pain-related cues in an Arabic-speaking population with and without chronic pain Ahmad N. Abudoush, Ellen Poliakoff, Maria Panagioti, Alexander Hodkinson, Nusrat Husain Experimental Brain Research, 2024 There is some evidence for attentional biases in individuals with chronic pain (CP). Cultural and linguistic differences might affect the manifestation of these processes across populations. However, such attentional biases have not been explored in the Arabic-speaking population. The current study investigated these attentional biases and possible associations with resilience. Two matched groups of Arabic-speaking participants with (58) and without (58) CP were recruited from Jordan and the United Kingdom. They completed emotionally modified versions of the Posner cueing and Stroop tasks, alongside questionnaires. Significant group differences were found for the Posner task, with the CP group exhibiting disengagement revealed by the inhibition of return (IOR) effect for sensory pain-related cues compared to delayed disengagement for the other cue types. The control group showed IOR across cue types. No group differences were found on the Stroop task. The CP group had lower resilience scores than healthy controls, and resilience moderated performance on the Posner task. The study provides preliminary evidence about the attentional processes in the Arabic population; the speed of disengagement is affected in the CP group with early disengagement for sensory pain-related information compared to affect pain and neutral stimuli. Furthermore, resilience levels in the CP and control group moderated the performance on the Posner task, suggesting that it influences attentional allocation. This study can help in understanding how the phenomenon of attention bias intertwines with the cultural and linguistic factors. Future research should further explore attentional dynamics across different time points in this population and the modulatory effect of resilience.
