Psychological Stresses of the Media in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on the light of Some Variables

Abstract

The current study aims at exploring the level of the Media in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on the light of some variables, therefore to achieve the goal of this study, the researcher developed a scale to measure psychological stresses among journalists, the scale were verified validity and reliability, Which has been applied to (374) males and females who works in the institutions various media in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The study results shows that the total score of the psychological stresses and dimensions have come under average of psychological stresses level, vocational dimension ranked first, then the psychological dimension, and the social dimension at last rank, as the results indicated the presence of statistically significant effect of the variable qualification; terms of the level of stress among diploma was higher than others. There was also a statistically significant effect of variable experience; terms of the level of stress experienced (10) years or more higher than the others; and the presence of a statistically significant variable type institution; since working in the television sector suffering from psychological stress is higher than others, as shown by the results there were differences statistically significant for social stresses field due to the variable sex; he suffers males more than females in the social stresses field, and the presence of statistically significant differences in the dimensions of psychological stresses and professional due to the variable qualification, where suffering diploma holders of stresses in those areas is higher than others. The presence of statistically significant differences in stresses more than the social, psychological and vocational attributed to experience, where the suffering experienced (10) or more years of social stresses more than others did.