Research

Research Groups

Name of Research Group	Head of Group
Measurement and Evaluation in Learning and Instruction	Prof. Ali Kadhim
Applications of Psychological and Educational Measurement Theories	Prof Rashid Almehrizi
Motivation and Parenting	Prof. Said Aldhafri
Interdisciplinary Research in Special-Inclusive Education	Prof. Mahmoud Emam
Cognition and Neuropsychology	Dr. Zubaida Shebani

Funded Projects

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	PROJECT TITLE	AWARDING BODY	GRANT PERIOD
Prof Mahmoud Emam	Design of a national achievement indicator in Reading and Mathematics in Key Stage 1 schools in Oman: Towards improving student learning outcomes	Strategic Research -His Majesty's Trust	2018-2022
Prof Mahmoud Emam	Assessing the impact of teacher education program on student achievement: A multiple case study of Sultan Qaboos University program completers	Internal Grant	2019-2020
Prof Said Aldhafri	The motivation to learn Arabic and English in light of the blended learning environment among twelfth grade students in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman	Deanship of Research	2021
Prof Said Aldhafri	Development of Action Research Skills for Teaching Quality	Ministry of Education	2020-2021
Prof Said Aldhafri	Sport Motivation Model: Application to Learning Motivation through the Eyes of Middle School Omani Students	Deanship of Research	2019-2020
Prof Said Aldhafri	Development of Action Research Skills for Teaching Quality	Ministry of Education	2018-2019
Prof Said Aldhafri	Factors relating to career choice among SQU students in relation to their professional motivation	Deanship of Research	2018-2019
Prof Hussain Alkharusi	Want-to versus have-to motivation, grit, self-control, and tolerance of ambiguity in University Students	Deanship of Research	2021-2022
Prof Ali Mahdi Kazem	The Effectiveness of an Electronic Application in Developing the Creative Thinking Skills of Gifted People with Twice Exceptionality (Autism Gifted) in the Sultanate of Oman	Oman Liquefied Natural Gas LLC (Oman LNG)	2021-2023
Prof Ali Mahdi Kazem	E-learning in Private Schools in the Sultanate of Oman During COVID-19 Pandemic: Readiness and Development Requirements	TRC/ COVID program	2020
Prof Ali Mahdi Kazem	The effect of using science enrichment units on developing inquiry skills and creative thinking for gifted students in public schools	Internal Grant	2018-2020
Prof Ali Mahdi Kazem	Nomophobia: Prevalence Rate and Coping Strategies among Omani Children and Adolescents	Deanship of Research	2018-2019
Dr. Manal Al Fazari	Marital Happiness: Studying of concept, measurement and factors among couples in Oman	Internal Grant	2022-2023
Dr. Yousef Abu Shindi	A structural predictive model of low academic achievement for universities students in the Sultanate of Oman in the light of reasons related to the student, society and university and treatment suggestions.	Deanship of Research	2022-2023
Dr. Yousef Abu Shindi	Evaluating sufficing of 4th grade mathematics curriculum (Cambridge series) in the Sultanate of Oman for TIMSS study requirements	Deanship of Research	2019-2020
Dr. Suhail Alzoubi	Effects of studying special education courses on the attitudes of Sultan Qaboos University students towards children with disabilities	Deanship of Research	2019-2020
Dr. Khawla Al-Mamari	Quality of life among students with disabilities in Omani universities	Deanship of Research	2021-2022
Dr. Zubaida Shebani	Cognitive offloading and its relationship with academic performance and academic resilience among higher education students in Oman	Deanship of Research	2022

Recent Publications

2022

Emam, M.M., Al-Hendawi, M., Gaafar Ali, D. (2022). Stress in families of children with disabilities: An examination of the parenting stress index–short form (PSI-SF) in three Arab Countries. International Journal of Mental Health 1-20.
Al-Balushi, S.M, Al-Harthy, I.S., Almehrizi, R.S. (2022). Attention Drifting Away While Test-Taking: Mind-Wandering in Students with Low-and High-Performance Levels in TIMSS-Like Science Tests. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. doi:10.1007/s10763-022-10258-6.
Al-Zoubi, S. (2022). The portrayal of persons with disabilities in Arabic drama: A literature review. Research in Developmental Disabilities 125.
Al-Zoubi, S. (2022). Evaluating quality of Arab journals of special education. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences 17 (1), 31-40.
Damra, J. (2022). The Effects of psychodrama intervention on intimate partner violence and quality of life. Trial of Syrian refugee abused women. Journal of International Women's Studies 23 (1), 333-346.
Abujilban, S., Mrayan, L., Hamaideh, S., Obeisat, S., Damra, J. (2022). Intimate Partner Violence Against Pregnant Jordanian Women at the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic’s Quarantine. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37 (5-6), NP2442-NP2464.
Al Omari, J., Khalaf, O., Al Sabei, A., Al Hashmi, S., Al Qadire, I., Joseph, M., Damra, J. (2022). Facilitators and barriers of mental health help seeking behaviours among adolescents in Oman: a cross-sectional study. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 1-11.
AlMarzooqi, M.A, Alhaj, O.A., Alrasheed, M.M., Helmy, M., Trabelsi, K., Ebrahim, A. et al. (2022). Symptoms of Nomophobia, Psychological Aspects, Insomnia and Physical Activity: A Cross-Sectional Study of ESports Players in Saudi Arabia. Healthcare 10 (2), 257.

2021

Emam, M.M., Almehrizi, R., Omara, E., Kazem, A.M. (2021). Screening for learning disabilities in Oman: confirmatory factor analysis of the Arabic version of the learning disabilities diagnostic inventory. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 67 (6), 435-445.
Emam, M.M., Al-Attiyah, A., Alhuwilah, A., Awed, H.S., Omara, E. (2021). Cross-cultural Validation of the Full Range Test of Visual Motor Integration Used with Children in Four Arab Countries. Optometry and Vision Science 98 (6), 644-653.
Emam, M.M., Al-Hendawi, M., Gaafar Ali, D. (2021). Parenting stress and life satisfaction in families of children with disabilities: the mediating effect of social support in three Arab speaking countries. Journal of Family Studies, 1-19.
Emam, M.M., Abdelrasheed, N.S.G., Omara, E. (2021). Negative Cognition, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, Negative Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents in Oman. Current Psychology 40 (10), 5156-5165.
Alhadabi, A., Aldhafri, S. (2021). A Rasch Model Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale among Middle School Students. European Journal of Educational Research 10 (2), 957-973.
Almehrizi, R.S. (2021). Coefficient β As Extension of KR-21 Reliability for Summed and Scaled Scores for Polytomously-scored Tests. Applied Measurement in Education 34 (2), 139-149.
Kazem, A.M., Emam, M.M., Alrajhi, M.N., Aldhafri, S. AlBarashdi, H.S. et al. (2021). Nomophobia in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence: the Development and Validation of a New Interactive Electronic Nomophobia Test. Trends in Psychology 29 (3), 543-562.
Almehrizi, R.S. (2021). Standard errors of variance components, measurement errors and generalizability coefficients for crossed designs. Journal of Educational Measurement 58 (2), 179-210.
Emam, M.M., Almehrizi, R., Omara, E., Kazem, A.M. (2021). Screening for learning disabilities in Oman: confirmatory factor analysis of the Arabic version of the learning disabilities diagnostic inventory. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2019.1683367.
Bakkar, B, Al-Bahrani, M., Abu Shindi, Y., Allawati, S. (2021). A path analysis of effects of the career locus of control dimensions and career decision self-efficacy on career aspiration. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 26 (1), 367-375.
Al-Mamari, K., Al-Zoubi, S., Bakkar, B., Al-Shorman, A. (2021). The impact of e-Learning during COVID-19 on teaching daily living skills for children with disabilities. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society 17 (3), 135-145.
Al-Zoubi, S.M., Bakkar, B. (2021). Arab prophylactic measures to protect individuals with disabilities from the spread of COVID-19. International Journal of Special Education 36 (1).
Al-Zoubi, S.M. (2021). Prevalence of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome among Arab Students with and without Learning Disabilities. International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education 13 (2).
Damra, J.K., Abujilban, S. (2021). Violence against Women and its consequences on Women’s reproductive health and depression: a Jordanian sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 36 (5-6), NP3044-NP3060.
Abujilban, S., Mrayan, L., Damra, J.K. (2021). Intimate partner violence among Jordanian pregnant women and its predictors. Nursing Open 1-10.
Damra, J.K., Abujilban, S. (2021). Reasons for not seeking professional help by abused refugee women: a qualitative study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37 (5-6), 2877-2895.
Zayed, K.N., Omara, E.N., Al-Rawahi, N.Y., Al-Shamli, A.K., Al-Atiyah, A.A. et al. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction-Frustration Scale (BPNSFS). BMC psychology 9 (1), 1-11.
Khalaf, M.A., Al-Said, T.T. (2021). The Egyptian Validation Study of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) and its Utility in Predicting Depression. The Open Psychology Journal 14 (1).
Khalaf, M.A., Abulela, M.A. (2021). The Academic Buoyancy Scale: Measurement Invariance across Culture and Gender in Egyptian and Omani Undergraduates. European Journal of Educational Research 10 (4), 2121-2131.
Shebani, Z., Nestor, P.J., Pulvermüller, F. (2021). What's 'up'? Impaired spatial preposition processing in posterior cortical atrophy. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.731104.
Kollareth, D., M Shirai, Helmy, M., Russell , J.A. (2021). Deconstructing disgust as the emotion of violations of body and soul. Emotion.
Allam, H.K., Helmy, M., El Badry, A.S., Younis, F.E. (2021). Workaholism, sleep disorders, and potential e-learning impacts among Menoufia University staff during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Public Health Research 10 (4).
Vally, Z., Helmy, M.S. (2021). The association between depressive symptomology, psychological burden related to COVID-19, and engagement in physical exercise. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 1648.

2020

Emam, M.M, Al-Sulaimani, H., Omara, E., Al-Nabhany R. (2020). Assessment of adaptive behaviour in children with intellectual disability in Oman: an examination of ABAS-3 factor structure and validation in the Arab context. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 66 (4), 317-326.
Callueng, C. M., Emam, M., Oakland, T. (2020). Temperament styles of children from Egypt and the United States: A cross-cultural examination. Community Mental Health Journal 56 (4), 581-585.
Emam, M.M., Al-Mahdy, Y.F.H. (2020). Teachers’ efficacy for inclusive practices in the Sultanate of Oman: Effect of gender and teaching experience. School Psychology International 41 (2), 170-192.
Aldhafri, S.S., Alrajhi, M.N., Alkharusi, H.A., Al-Harthy, I.S., Al-Barashdi, H.S. et al. (2020). Parenting styles and academic self-efficacy beliefs of Omani school and university students. Education Sciences 10 (9), 229.
Al-Bahrani, M.A., Allawati, S.M., Abu Shindi, Y.A., Bakkar, B.S. (2020). Career aspiration and related contextual variables. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 25 (1), 703-711.
Mohamed, A.H., Omara, E.N. (2020). Validation of an Arabic Version of the Gifted Rating Scales–School Form. Journal for the Education of the Gifted 43 (3), 252-269.

Name of Research Group

Head of Group

Measurement and Evaluation in Learning and Instruction

Prof. Ali Kadhim

Applications of Psychological and Educational Measurement Theories

Prof Rashid Almehrizi

Motivation and Parenting

Prof. Said Aldhafri

Interdisciplinary Research in Special-Inclusive Education

Prof. Mahmoud Emam

Cognition and Neuropsychology

Dr. Zubaida Shebani