The Level of Intellectual Security among the Female Students of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Its Relationship with Risk-Taking Behaviors

Abstract

This study aims to explore the level of intellectual security and risk behaviours and discover if there is any correlation between them among a sample of female students of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj. The study also seeks to reveal if there are variations in the responses of the sample members regarding specialisation and academic level. The researcher used a "correlative descriptive approach" to meet the study's objectives. The "Intellectual Security Scale" (Al-Muammar & Muhammad, 2016) and the "Risk Propensity Scale (Al-Qatrawi, 2012) were used. The researcher chose a random sample of 150 female students from the selected university. The data obtained from the sample, was processed statistically. The results indicated that the level of intellectual security among female students was very high while their level of propensity towards risk was medium. The results also revealed a significant inverse correlation at the level of 0.05 between intellectual security and propensity towards risks among female university students. In comparison, according to the specialisation variable, there were no statistically significant differences at the significance level of 0.01 and less, in the responses of the study sample members about intellectual security and propensity towards risk. The study recommends that the in charge of academic counselling should mainly be guided about enhancing the intellectual security of university students and the positive concept of risk behaviour in general.

Received: 10 October 2022 / Accepted: 19 January 2023 / Published: 5 March 2023