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Abstract

The current research aimed to identify positive thinking and its skills (self- talk, imagination, and positive expectation) in children according to the variables of age (8, 9, 10, 11) years and gender (males, females). The significance of the differences in it is known according to the variables of age and gender. The research has adopted the Daniel (2018) scale of positive thinking skills. After the researcher verified its standard characteristics, the scale was applied to a sample of (200) boys and girls, who were chosen by stratified random method, with (50) boys and girls in each age group, equally between males and females. The results of the research showed that the positive thinking and its three skills (self- talk, imagination, and positive expectation) among children at the age of (8) years was weak, and at the age of (9) years the children had positive thinking with its three skills at an average level. As for the ages of (10 and 11) years the possessed positive thinking with his three skills at a high level. The results also showed that positive thinking and its skills develop with age, and take a continuous path. The gender variable did not appear to have any effect on this thinking.

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28

Publication Date

6-15-2022

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