Building A scale of Adaptation skills for Students University of Mosul

The current research aimed at building a scale of adaptation skills for Mosul University students, depending on several theories including the theory of psychological analysis, theory of the social learning, theory of training on the skills and Ericson's theory. The sample of the research consisted of (400) male and female students from the scientific and humanities departments at Mosul University. The researcher prepared (48) items preliminarily and the apparent validity was used. One item was deleted and the total number of the items became (47) items and then the apparent validity, construction validity, auto validity and the logical validity were determined. Also, the discrimination and the relationship of the item with the total score were calculated. In addition to that, invariability was calculated using the retesting and Alpha-Cronbach methods. The results of the study led to building a scale that is characterized with validity, invariability and discrimination. The researchers recommend to use the scale to measure the adaptation skills applying it to different age groups. They also suggest conducting future studies using the scale to measure the adaptation skills and their relationships to other variable like self-confidence and the patterns of the personality.