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Qais Almeqdad, Osama Bataineh, and Abdelnaser Al-Jarrah, Faculty of Education, Yarmouk University. Abstract: The study aimed at investigating the level of social skills amongst students with and without learning disabilities (LD), and whether it differs according to variables of gender, age or their interaction. Two hundred and seventy eight students (181 students without LD, and 97 students with LD) from schools which included resources rooms in Irbid Second Directorate of Education and Learning, were participated in the study. For the purpose of data collection, the study employed a modified version of the Social Skills Scale for Children with LD which was developed by Haroun (2005). The results of the study indicated that both children with and without LD demonstrated a moderate level of social skills, with higher means for children without LD on the total scale and its dimensions. Additionally, female children without LD had the highest level of social skills amongst the participating children, particularly in the skills of appropriate work habits and following school rules. The results also indicated that children without LD from the youngest and the oldest age groups (7-9 years and above 9-12 years, respectively) had a higher level of social skills than the children from the middle age group (above 12 years). (Keywords: learning disabilities, social skills).

Ahmed F. Al-Alwan, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma`an, Jordan Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the relationship among emotional intelligence, social skills and attachment styles of university students. The sample consisted of (475) male and female students in Al- Hussein Bin Talal University in Ma'an, Jordan. To collect the data, three scales were used in this study including a scale of emotional intelligence, a scale of social skills and a scale of attachment styles. In order to answer the questions of the study, the means, standard deviations, two way ANOVA (2×2), correlation coefficients, and multiple regression were computed. The results of the study revealed that there is statistically significant differences in the emotional intelligence between male and female students in favor of female students. Also, the results revealed that there is statistically significant differences in the emotional intelligence between students specializing in the sciences as opposed to literature in favor of students of literature. In addition, the results of the study revealed that there is statistically significant correlation between emotional intelligence and both social skills and attachment styles. (Keywords: emotional intelligence, social skills, attachment styles, university students).

The Effect Of Sample Size And It's Selection Methods On The Psycho-metric Properties Of Psycho-scales. By: Ramzi Hasan Al-shinbari Supervisor: Prof.D.: Kamil Thamir Al-kubaisi Abstract This study aims to investigate the effect of sample size and the way of selecting it on the psychometric properties of the psychological scales and their items which are characterized by the discrimination index of the items, their reliability coefficient, scale reliability and validity, in addition to frequency distribution. To fulfill this goal, four samples had been chosen randomly with different sizes (400, 200, 122, 30) members and by the occasional sample. The study adopted (Goldberg’s) Psychic Health Scale , where it is executed on random simple sample size and occasional sample synchronized with Psychic Tension Scale. Then the sample members responses were analyzed according to psychometric properties for the scale and its items on all samples. The study also shows that (400) members in the simple random sample gave more better properties for the standard compared with other sizes. (200) size could be used also in random simple sample, especially in calculating the psychometric properties for the items. The study recommends the use of simple random sample in calculating items psychometric properties in general. As well as, it recommends also with the possibility of occasional sample use, If it was small size around (30) member. It is preferable that the size of the psychometric sample properties in psychological scales not less than (400) members , especially in calculating psychometric properties for the items. Key Words: Sample Size , Selection Methods, Simple random sample, Occasional sample , Psychometric Properties .