Satisfaction with life and its relationship to intrusive thoughts among students of Al-Hadi University College

Abstract

Abstract

    Recently, people listen around the clock to many negative news and events through various means of communication and media channels, which has made scenes of murder, assassination, robbery, looting and fatal accidents a regular thing and a news meal that feeds our ears and eyes daily, as if life wore a black dress and fought for a long time, The dress of joy and contentment with life, The low satisfaction with life undoubtedly results from stressful events and situations that the individual is exposed to, affecting the cognitive and psychological structures and in the context of their relations with the social environment in which he lives and may lead to instability and disruption of the daily life of society in general and university students in particular as well. On the other hand, it leads to a series of intrusive thoughts to them as a deviant and undesirable behavioral response, and dealing with reality with satisfaction and conviction makes the individual happier, Just as the university stage constitutes a turning point in the individual’s path and his launch towards his future to achieve his desired goals and ambitions, as focusing on the variables affecting their lives has become a necessity. As a result of their enjoyment of mental flexibility that makes their relationships and behaviors acceptable and organized to reach satisfaction with themselves and their lives through their knowledge of ways to regulate their emotions to achieve goals in life Satisfaction with life is the utmost aspiration of a rational, adult human being, and a basic factor in the individual’s psychological compatibility and adaptation to stressful life events and situations in order to avoid frustrations and psychological conflicts. On students' compatibility, psychological health, and life satisfaction.

Keywords: life satisfaction, intrusive thoughts, university students.