THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACHIEVING PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
- 1. College of Arts, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Applied College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, College of Education, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Deanship of Student Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Description
The current study aimed at identifying the reality of using artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications, psychological well-being, and quality of university life among students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, and the relationship between them. The study was based on the descriptive survey method. A questionnaire was designed to measure the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and its applications, psychological well-being, and quality of university life. It was administered to a stratified random sample of (411) students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. The study found out a medium to high level of use of artificial intelligence (AI) and its various applications, psychological well-being and its various dimensions, and quality of university life and its various dimensions among university students. In addition, a direct relationship was found out between the use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in its total score and both psychological well-being and quality of university life with their various dimensions. The results indicated no statistically significant differences in psychological well-being and the total score of quality of university life based on gender and college type. There were differences in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications attributed to the gender variable in favor of females, while there were no differences in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) applications attributed to the type of college variable. The current study recommended the need to raise awareness of using artificial intelligence (AI) applications and focusing on them in university students' academic lives, which would enhance their psychological well-being and the quality of their university life.