Attitudes Of The Science And Technology University’s Students Towards Terrorism Phenomenon

This study sets out from a basic hypothesis of no relationship at 5% significance level between attitudes of study aims at identifying the attitudes of the students of the Jordanian Science and Technology University towards the terrorism phenomenon with regards to the concept, the aspects, and the motives. The university's students that might be attributed to the difference in both demographic variables of the students and their economic circumstances and their evaluation for the terrorism and its features. To realize the study objectives and test its hypothesis, the researcher designed a questionnaire for the collection of necessary data. It was distributed randomly to the university’s students, where the sample represented 6.3% of total students in the university, whose number amounted to approximately 19000 students at the beginning of the academic year 2006/2007. The study results showed significant differences in the general attitudes of the students concerning the features of terrorism and the actions considered as terrorism. Meanwhile, the motives of terrorism manifested an agreement harmony among those questioned. The demographic factors of the student as well as the economic situation have no remarkable effect on describing the terrorism phenomenon. Finally, the study recommended that it is necessary to encourage the cultural exchange between Jordanian universities and foreign universities in order to be acquainted with the culture of others so as to enhance concepts of accepting one another and do discard hatred among people. It also recommended the broadening the dialogue circle and students participation in the economic and social process in general, at the university and the national levels.