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The Body's Semantic Forms And Transformations - The Novel Dance As An Example, Dalal Bander Al-Malki May 2026

The Body's Semantic Forms And Transformations - The Novel Dance As An Example, Dalal Bander Al-Malki

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study discusses the concept of the body’s semantic forms and transformations in Moageb Al-Zahrani’s novel, ‘Dance’. It reviews the body’s manifestation as a source of value and power by considering standards such as colour, race and gender. According to these physical measures, an individual’s relationship with themselves and their surroundings is formed either in harmony or conflict. The study examines . the cultural semantics of the real and symbolic body through the forces influencing collective memory — religion and society. The study relies on the descriptive- . analytical method, with the assistance of the cultural approach, to analyse the …


The Dependence Of University Youth On Social Media For Obtaining News About The Gulf Crisis, Falah Amer Aldahmashi May 2026

The Dependence Of University Youth On Social Media For Obtaining News About The Gulf Crisis, Falah Amer Aldahmashi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to identify Saudi university students’ reliance on social media to obtain news about the Gulf crisis, and questions to what extent the Saudi youth are satisfied with the content of social media related to the Gulf crisis. The key hypothesis of the study is that . there is a great motivation among the Saudi youth to consider social media websites as primary trustful, knowledgeable and informative sources. As this research is descriptive in nature, the study organised a survey compatible with the requirements of scientific . methodology, and with the substance of the study itself. In terms …


The Attitudes Of Preparatory Year Students Towards Community Responsibility, Amani Omar Abedraboh May 2026

The Attitudes Of Preparatory Year Students Towards Community Responsibility, Amani Omar Abedraboh

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The aim of this study was to reveal the attitudes of preparatory year students at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU) towards community responsibility. The study tool prepared by the researchers consisted of a community responsibility ( : - scale of 45 paragraphs across four areas: environment, education, social solidarity, - ) 45 and citizenship and affiliation. The study population consisted of 694 students 694 enrolled in the health, engineering, and scientific fields during the second semester 2019 ( )351 ()343 of 2019. Participants were subdivided into groups of 351 high-achieving students . and 343 Mediterranean students, and were further …


The Aesthetics Of Paradox In Ghazi Al-Gosaibi's Poetry, Mohamed Musa Albalola Azzain May 2026

The Aesthetics Of Paradox In Ghazi Al-Gosaibi's Poetry, Mohamed Musa Albalola Azzain

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This research aims to reveal the aesthetics of paradox in Al-Gosaibi’s poetry, including determining its aesthetics, understanding its types, and recognizing how to employ them. . The research plan relies on the descriptive, analytical, and psychological approaches. It . comprises an introduction, a preface, two studies, and a conclusion. The first study is : theoretical and addresses the nature of the paradox and its forms and function; the second entails an applied procedural approach to examine the aesthetics of paradox in Al- Gosaibi’s poetry. The research results show that his diverse upbringing, as well as educational and practical experience, enriched …


The Argumentative View In Abdelkahar El-Djorjani's Kasr Style, Ismail Souigat May 2026

The Argumentative View In Abdelkahar El-Djorjani's Kasr Style, Ismail Souigat

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Contemporary linguistics has provided a wide range for research and study, and it has offered the opportunity for another reading in legacy through the new rules and methodologies which we have learned in the new linguistics lesson. In this research, we attempt to look at the Kasr and specificity from a new argumentative angle and regarding this research as one of the factors that lead to limiting the argumentative abilities in saying something. Looking to know the similarities between the Djerjani’s view and the new argumentative lesson is the aim of this research. .


Teaching And Learning Quality In Universities According To The Ncaaa Standards For Postgraduate Studies Accreditation, Khawlah Abdullah Al-Mufeez May 2026

Teaching And Learning Quality In Universities According To The Ncaaa Standards For Postgraduate Studies Accreditation, Khawlah Abdullah Al-Mufeez

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to identify and evaluate whether, from the point of view of faculty members and students, the teaching and learning quality levels in master's programmes at the College of Education, King Saud University are in accordance with ( )NCAAA . the standards of the NCAAA. This study uses a descriptive approach. A questionnaire ()117 was randomly distributed to 117 faculty members and to 292 master's students at the College of Education. The results of the study show that faculty members gave a ( )292 . medium rating to the overall teaching and learning quality. Of the three criteria …


Student Advisors' Perspectives On Training Requirements For Digitisation Challenges, Mamdouh Mosaad Ahmed Helali May 2026

Student Advisors' Perspectives On Training Requirements For Digitisation Challenges, Mamdouh Mosaad Ahmed Helali

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The student advisor plays an important role in the success of the educational process. The assessment of their training requirements includes a foundational . element for efficiently accomplishing their academic duties. Training . requirements fluctuate with worldwide change, particularly changes that create . digitisation challenges. The efficiency of student advisors depends on their technical and personal skills, which require upgrading to remain current. This . study’s aim is to determine and prioritise the most important ongoing training requirements of student advisors in the schools of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, . when faced with digitisation challenges, based on their personal perspectives …


Syntactically-Correct Structures That Are Semantically Unacceptable, Abdel Fattah Mohamed Abboush May 2026

Syntactically-Correct Structures That Are Semantically Unacceptable, Abdel Fattah Mohamed Abboush

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

When Arabic syntacticians studied Arabic language structures together with all their possible structures, they pondered about many undecided expressions; they managed ) ( – through what they called syntax construction – to deduce syntactic rules that match the meanings of these expressions. The syntactic rules, together with their matching expressions, are the goal of Arabic language structures. Syntacticians, however, stopped at some expressions that are syntactically correct, but semantically unacceptable; most of the syntactic rules governing these expressions are found in books that tried to syntactically interpret the holy Qur’an. The main objectives of this research are to inspect . …


Requirements For The Application Of International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs) In The Saudi Capital Market, Sara Alamin Yousif Alamin May 2026

Requirements For The Application Of International Financial Reporting Standards (Ifrs) In The Saudi Capital Market, Sara Alamin Yousif Alamin

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The study aimed to identify the requirements for applying the International ()IFRS Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the Saudi capital market. To achieve its objectives, this study used a descriptive and analytical approach due to its suitability to the nature of this study and it used a questionnaire as a tool to ( )200 collect the opinions of the individuals within the study sample. These questionnaires were distributed to a sample consisting of 200 randomly ( )150 ()%90 chosen legal auditors, accountants, academics, and investors; 90% of these ((.SPSS questionnaires were completed, resulting in 150 questionnaires out of the total …


Saudi Female Teachers' Perceptions Of The School As Educational Organizations, Asmaa Radi Khanfar May 2026

Saudi Female Teachers' Perceptions Of The School As Educational Organizations, Asmaa Radi Khanfar

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The Saudi Ministry of Education has become increasingly intent on evolving into a structured educational organization which applies best practices and principles. The Ministry seeks to develop its educational institutions in general and public schools in particular, and to raise the efficiency and positive perception of its overall system. This study investigated teachers’ perceptions of their schools as educational organizations in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The sample was comprised of 401 female teachers, representing 20% ( )401 ()%20 of the original public education community. A descriptive research approach " " was used to study the teachers’ perceptions via …


Putting Together Contracts - Drafting And Interpreting, What Participants Need To Know, Ali Salem Almarri May 2026

Putting Together Contracts - Drafting And Interpreting, What Participants Need To Know, Ali Salem Almarri

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Saudi Arabia is welcoming an increasing number of law graduates with newly obtained degrees from America and Europe to become legal professionals in their own country. Studying abroad has heightened their second language skills and cultivated an essential . understanding of American and European law. Once home, they must begin to reconcile Saudi law with international law when drafting contracts and other legal transactions. This article will highlight particular sections of contracts during the drafting process, including . strategies and techniques when constructing critical clauses. In addition, the article will discuss facilitating and collaborating with other lawyers, including foreign players. …


Organisational Health And The Achievement Of Quality And Academic Accreditation Requirements - A Comparative Study, Ayed Shafi Alaklabi May 2026

Organisational Health And The Achievement Of Quality And Academic Accreditation Requirements - A Comparative Study, Ayed Shafi Alaklabi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aimed to identify the relationship between organisational health dimensions (OHDs) and achieving quality and accreditation requirements (QARs). The researcher used a descriptive analytical approach. After this was ( ) proven to be valid and reliable, a sample of 329 faculty members participated in ( )329 a survey. It was found that there were differences in most OHDs for King Saud University. There were no significant differences between the two universities in the dimension of independence. It was found that OHDs accounted for 67.4% ( )%67.4 of the total variation in achieving QARs. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences …


Political Relations Between The Abbasid Caliphate And The Sultanate Of Rum Empire In Anatolia, Fatima Yahya Al-Rbaidi May 2026

Political Relations Between The Abbasid Caliphate And The Sultanate Of Rum Empire In Anatolia, Fatima Yahya Al-Rbaidi

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad has been associated with a series of political relations with sovereigns of states and emirates of Islamic and non-Islamic parties, considering the fact that the Caliphate is a global political strength. It also . represents the highest spiritual and religious authority of Muslims. This study reveals the nature of the political relations between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Sultanate of the Seljuks (Rum Empire) in Anatolia, from the birth of the Sultanate until the fall of the Caliphate. Moreover, relations between the two countries fluctuated in the beginning and were greatly influenced by relations between …


Metrical Structures In New Poetic Arts - A Digital-Prosodic Study, Husam Muhammed Ibrahim Ayyoub May 2026

Metrical Structures In New Poetic Arts - A Digital-Prosodic Study, Husam Muhammed Ibrahim Ayyoub

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The development of human civilisations and ethnic interaction has led to the appearance of new poetic forms that are not restricted to the original Arabic basics and rhythms proposed by Al-Frahidy. The importance of this study depends upon the invention of . phonetic descriptions of the metric structure in new poetic arts. The study aims to provide a scientific explanation of some poetic impressions concerning the metric structure and examine the metre of some of the new poetic arts. The study adopts the digital syllabic ( ) prosody perspective to achieve this goal. This research document is composed of an …


Obstacles Of Applying Learning Communities To Northern Borders University - A Faculty Perspective, Saud R. Alrwaili May 2026

Obstacles Of Applying Learning Communities To Northern Borders University - A Faculty Perspective, Saud R. Alrwaili

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The present study aims to identify the obstacles of applying learning communities to Northern Borders University from the perspective of faculty members. It also investigates the statistically significant differences in these obstacles according to gender, specialization, and ( ) ( ) ( ) experience. The author adopted the descriptive survey approach and applied a questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 210 faculty members. The results showed that the obstacles of applying learning communities to Northern Borders University from the faculty ( .)210 perspectives were high. While the organizational, knowledge, and financial obstacles were high, the human obstacles were moderate. …


Khamis Mushait Elementary School Teachers' Use Of Active Learning When Teaching A Language, Khalil Mohammed Abdullah Al-Omair May 2026

Khamis Mushait Elementary School Teachers' Use Of Active Learning When Teaching A Language, Khalil Mohammed Abdullah Al-Omair

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This study aims to understand to what extent elementary school teachers in the province of Khamis Mushait use active learning elements in their classes. . A random sample of 74 teachers was chosen. To achieve this purpose, the ( )74 . ( researcher developed Notes Cards, which consist of 21 paragraphs. The ) ( )21 validity and reliability of this study tool were verified. The iterations, mathematical rates, standard deviations, Alpha Kronbach and Pearson correlation coefficient were calculated, and a T-test and one-way ANOVA t-test One-Way analysis was conducted. This study finds that the extent to which elementary .Anova school …


Key Performance Indicators For Social-Science And Humanities Journals - Editorial, Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily, Abdelrahim Fathy Ismail, Khaled Saad Ben-Motreb, Misfer S. Alsalouli, Fathi Mohammed Abunasser, Ayth Ibrahim Almubarak, Ahmed Ali Alhazmi, Amani Khalaf Alghamdi, Ali Khalifa Abdullatif, Mohammed Abdullatif Almulla, Mahdi Mohammed Alamri, Aljohara Fahad Khalid Al Saud May 2026

Key Performance Indicators For Social-Science And Humanities Journals - Editorial, Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily, Abdelrahim Fathy Ismail, Khaled Saad Ben-Motreb, Misfer S. Alsalouli, Fathi Mohammed Abunasser, Ayth Ibrahim Almubarak, Ahmed Ali Alhazmi, Amani Khalaf Alghamdi, Ali Khalifa Abdullatif, Mohammed Abdullatif Almulla, Mahdi Mohammed Alamri, Aljohara Fahad Khalid Al Saud

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Twelve academic critics (interested in the management of academic " journals) have been invited to partake in the composition of this editorial. They have engaged in three main rounds to craft standards for journals. " Five holistic standards have been manufactured, each one consisting of . measurable key performance indicators. The first is human potential, . which discusses, for instance, the representation of genders among ( editorial board members and reviewers. The second is ethics, for example, problematising the practice of judging articles and journals merely based .) on their ability to attract citations, and thus make a so-called ‘impact’. …


Investigating Thematic Choices In Trump's Tweets On The U.S.-Mexico Wall - Political Discourse On Social Media, Hesham Suleiman Alyousef May 2026

Investigating Thematic Choices In Trump's Tweets On The U.S.-Mexico Wall - Political Discourse On Social Media, Hesham Suleiman Alyousef

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Trump declared his intention to build a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border during his 2016 presidential campaign in 2016. On 4 January, 2019, President Trump sent a letter to . members of the U.S. Congress on the need to build a long wall to secure the U.S. border. 2019 This led local news reporters to discuss this political issue and its effects on the American and Mexican populations. Since Trump’s decision to build the wall is one of the global . issues that has been widely discussed in social media and American news agencies, it is pertinent to analyze thematic …


Innovation In The Modern Products Of Islamic Art As A Starting Point To Confirm Its Leading Role Globally, Tarek Ismail Mohamed May 2026

Innovation In The Modern Products Of Islamic Art As A Starting Point To Confirm Its Leading Role Globally, Tarek Ismail Mohamed

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Islamic art emerged with the spread of Islam in many countries that have been major cultural focal points since ancient times, including Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Spain, China, India, ( Iran, etc. The cultures and arts of these countries merged with the ideas and teachings of ... ) the new religion, resulting in the creation of new types of art of great privacy and, simultaneously, brought about universal values that influenced the pioneers of art and design in the 19th and 20th centuries. With the global development of design science and . the emergence of significant creations, which consecutively led to …


Individual Educational Achievement Of Children Under Five Years Old As A Predictor Of School Readiness, Samia Mokhtar Mohamed Shahpo, Maymoonah Salah Hakim May 2026

Individual Educational Achievement Of Children Under Five Years Old As A Predictor Of School Readiness, Samia Mokhtar Mohamed Shahpo, Maymoonah Salah Hakim

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

The current paper aims to review the body of literature on the topic of academic achievement prediction to establish if it is possible to predict the academic achievement of children before the end of their fifth year. A . narrative synthesis performed on the body of the research obtained from " Jstor" Google Scholar, the ‘Jstor’ digital library and the university library, suggests that predictions can indeed be made regarding the academic achievement of this age group. The literature seems to suggest that both academic factors, . such as Cumulative average, and non-academic factors, such as ( ) ( : …


Imam Aldamadi's Critiques (1638) Of Imam Alsoyuti's Work (1505) - Analytical Study, Hatem M. Mazroaa May 2026

Imam Aldamadi's Critiques (1638) Of Imam Alsoyuti's Work (1505) - Analytical Study, Hatem M. Mazroaa

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This article analyses and criticises Imam Aldamadi’s critiques of Imam Alsoyuti’s thoughts. The preface introduces the imams and . the terms mentioned in their works. This research used the . analytical method in combination with examination and comparison. It was found that most of Imam Aldamadi’s critiques of Imam Alsoyuti’s thoughts dealt with linguistic issues, and that there is no specific term to express the integrity of Imam Aldamadi’s critiques. Three critiques seem fair, and three seem questionable. – – . : There should be further research examining Imam Aldamadi’s critiques of Alzamakhshari’s and Albaydawi’s writings. .


I Shall Stand Henceforward In Thy Shadow - Pairing Women With Shadows In Victorian Poetry, Hadeel Jamal Azhar May 2026

I Shall Stand Henceforward In Thy Shadow - Pairing Women With Shadows In Victorian Poetry, Hadeel Jamal Azhar

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This study traces the symbol of the shadow and its association with women’s inferior position in selected Victorian poems. It shows how, in their use of the symbol, both male . and female poets represent women as abandoned in the shadow of their male contemporaries. Before addressing the poems selected, the study commences by . reviewing recent scholarship which refers to the term shadow in connotation with negative attributes during the Victorian period. It also provides an overview of Victorian novels which similarly represent female characters as being held captive in the shadows. . Although the poems included in this …


Holden Caulfield And Borderline Personality Disorder, Dalal Turki Alsharif May 2026

Holden Caulfield And Borderline Personality Disorder, Dalal Turki Alsharif

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

This paper investigates the psychological state of Holden Caulfield, the narrator of J. D. Salinger’s (1919–2010) coming-of-age novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951). -1919( ) 1951( The character faces an inability to effectively communicate with his social surroundings. His traumatic childhood renders him alienated and disaffected. This .)2010 paper examines the psychological problems of Holden Caulfield, which are manifested through many symptoms that he displays throughout the novel. . According to the medical references utilized in this research, these symptoms are . categorized into interpersonal, affective, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. The . analysis compares the symptoms, as identified by …


Global Trends In Practical Education Research 2019-2020 - A Systematic Review, Amani Khalaf Alghamdi, Asma Abdullah Muhammad Al-Shabnoutia May 2026

Global Trends In Practical Education Research 2019-2020 - A Systematic Review, Amani Khalaf Alghamdi, Asma Abdullah Muhammad Al-Shabnoutia

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Five scientific journals were systematically reviewed to determine the most important study directions in curriculum research and science teaching methods published between 2019–2020. These included ( Journal of Research in Science the Journal of Research in Science Teaching; School Science and Teaching, School Science and Mathematics, International Journal of Science and Mathematics; International Journal of Science and Mathematics Mathematics Education, Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education; Eurasia Journal of Mathematics; Science and Technology )Education, Research in Science and Technological Education 2019 Education; and Research in Science and Technological Education. An 2020 ( )126 analysis of N=126 papers revealed …


Gender Differences In The Lexical Retrieval Of Emotionally Valenced Words - The Case Of Adult Saudi Efl Learners, Fayza Saleh Alhammadi May 2026

Gender Differences In The Lexical Retrieval Of Emotionally Valenced Words - The Case Of Adult Saudi Efl Learners, Fayza Saleh Alhammadi

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The issue of gender differences in relation to lexical retrieval merits further study, particularly within the context of emotive words. The present study is centred on the possibility of finding gender differences between Saudi EFL adult students in retrieving positive, neutral and negative words. Due to the undecided positions of many researchers on whether there are differences between men and women in linguistic performance on different linguistic and non-verbal stimuli, a null . . hypothesis was formulated. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. This . type of design attempts to approach the rigour of an experimental design (Gravetter and Forzano, …


Facebook And Efl Academic Writing - Students' Perspectives In A Saudi College, Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy May 2026

Facebook And Efl Academic Writing - Students' Perspectives In A Saudi College, Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

A research problem was identified that warranted the initiation of this study. A mixed pattern for results regarding Facebook usage in EFL writing outside the classroom exists in the literature. As the researchers believed in student- centered and autonomous learning, they intended to delineate students’ perceptions of the benefits and drawbacks of using Facebook in EFL . academic writing. The researchers conducted this study with their students at a Saudi college. Ten students participated in this study while they were studying the English Writing course. The researchers collected data through a questionnaire, interviews and participant observations. The findings . showed …


Evaluating The Professional Development Needs Of Gifted Teachers In Light Of The Standards Of The Saudi National Center For Assessment And Evaluation, Ayidh Abdullah Al Garni May 2026

Evaluating The Professional Development Needs Of Gifted Teachers In Light Of The Standards Of The Saudi National Center For Assessment And Evaluation, Ayidh Abdullah Al Garni

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

’This study aims to assess the professional development needs of ‘gifted teachers, from their own points of view, in light of the standards developed ( ) by the National Center for Assessment and Evaluation (otherwise referred to as ‘Qiyas’). While the study population consisted of all 147 gifted teachers in the central region of Saudi Arabia, the study sample was composed of 95 ( )147 ( )95 gifted male and female teacher, selected through a simple random sampling .2020 technique for 2020. To address the research questions, the researcher developed a tool based on Qiyas’ standards for gifted teachers. The …


Digital Environments Based On Adaptive Learning And Effectiveness In Developing Deep Understanding Skills, Rania A. Abed Moniem May 2026

Digital Environments Based On Adaptive Learning And Effectiveness In Developing Deep Understanding Skills, Rania A. Abed Moniem

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Recently, modern learning strategies have shifted from an instructor-centric approach, which mainly focuses on transmitting knowledge from expert to pupil, to a learner-centric approach, in which students have different requirements for digital educational environments. These individual needs must be taken into consideration. Therefore, the digital world based on adaptive learning has become one of the most important instructive environments, which aims to improve the learning process for each student so that they can achieve their goals. This study seeks to identify the effectiveness of digital environments based on adaptive teaching in developing deep understanding skills in students in the faculty …


Digital Skills That Support Researchers, Amal Mohammed Abdullah Al-Bado May 2026

Digital Skills That Support Researchers, Amal Mohammed Abdullah Al-Bado

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This study aims to understand the role of digital skills in facilitating scientific research and guiding researchers to their method of choice, the research problem in proportion to the data of the 21st century, and the role of digital skills in supporting researchers’ rational thinking techniques and the process of their . creative thinking. This study takes a suitable qualitative approach to reveal the reality of digital skills that support scientific researchers in light of technological advances. Results showed that education and technology are among the most . important factors that determine future characteristics and structure of both individuals and …


Dietary Habits And Physical Activity Among Arab Pregnant Women - A Sociocultural Study On Kuwaitis, Maha Meshari Al-Sejari, Yagoub Al-Kandari May 2026

Dietary Habits And Physical Activity Among Arab Pregnant Women - A Sociocultural Study On Kuwaitis, Maha Meshari Al-Sejari, Yagoub Al-Kandari

Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

Pregnancy is a critical stage in the life of the mother and fetus. Several physiological and psychological changes occur for both. Some of the . most prominent factors affecting their health are the mother's food habits, physical activity, and access to essential information about . pregnancy. The current study aims to measure the patterns of lifestyle 214 behaviours of pregnant women. A sample of 214 pregnant Kuwaiti . women was selected. A questionnaire was the primary tool used to )1( : conduct the study. It consisted of five sections: (1) sociocultural - )2( )3( factors, (2) information about the primary …