Positive Thinking among Internet Users in ...

This research was carried out to investigate the relationship between positive thinking and the subjective feeling of well-being that the Internet users may encounter when browsing the different web sites and communicating through social net working. To fulfill the objectives of this research, the researchers used the descriptive correlation methodology to design the present study. The sample was selected based on stratified random sampling technique and (460)participants were tested :(30) for pilot study and (430) subjects represent the research sample including both citizens and residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with their demographic characteristics such as age ,education ,nationality and occupation. The instruments for data collection primarily included the following: positive thinking scale which was made available on line and Oxford happiness inventory. Both instruments were adapted to suit the research sample. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using SPSS through the following statistical tests:T-test for one sample, Alpha Chronbach formula, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient .The results indicated that the Internet users scored significantly high on positive thinking scale, there was a significant negative correlation between positive thinking and well-being ,and the scores on well-being scale were significantly higher among the internet users.