The Relationship Between Obsessive Relationship Compulsion and Separation Anxiety Among University Youth (A Field Study on a Sample of Students from the Faculty of Education at the University of Homs)

Abstract

            This research aimed to reveal the level of relationship obsession and separation anxiety among university students in Homs, to identify the nature of the relationship between relationship obsession and separation anxiety among university students, and to reveal the differences in both relationship obsession and separation anxiety among university students according to birth order and marital status. The research was conducted on (200) male and female students from the Primary Education Department at the Faculty of Education, University of Homs. The researcher used the Relationship Obsession Scale (developed by the researcher, 2026) and the Separation Anxiety Scale for Youth (developed by Zaki, 2024). The researcher found a high level of relationship obsession symptoms among university students and a moderate level of separation anxiety among university students in Homs. A statistically significant positive correlation (0.05) was found between university students' scores on the relationship obsession scale and their scores on the separation anxiety scale. A statistically significant difference (0.05) was found between the mean scores of university students on the relationship obsession scale according to birth order, favoring only children. There was a statistically significant difference at the (0.05) significance level between the mean scores of university students on the separation anxiety scale according to the birth order variable in favor of the only child, while there was no statistically significant difference at the (0.05) significance level

 between the mean scores of university students on the separation anxiety scale and the

relationship  obsession scale according to the marital status variable.