The predictive ability of uncertainty-identity about the motivation of self- verification among first-grade students in the secondary stage

The aim of the current research was to reveal the level of uncertainty-identity and self-verification motivation among first-grade students in the secondary stage, who have positive and negative self-concept. As well as to identify the relationship of uncertainty-identity to self-verification motivation and examine the predictive ability of uncertainty-identity about the level of self-verification motivation among first-grade students in the secondary stage. The final research sample consisted of (278) students in the first grade in the secondary stage, of whom (147 students with positive self-concept and 131 students with negative self-concept). The research reached several results, which are; the presence of a very high level of uncertainty-identity with respect to the dimension of emotional stability with a high level of uncertainty-identity with respect to the remaining dimensions and the total score of uncertainty-identity among first-grade students in the secondary stage. In addition, the presence of a medium motivation of self-verification with respect to all dimensions and the total score of the self-verification motivation scale among first-grade students in the secondary stage. The results of the research also concluded that there is a statistically significant negative correlation between all dimensions and the total score of the uncertainty-identity scale and all dimensions and the total score of the self-verification motivation scale among first-grade students in the secondary stage. In addition, there is a statistically significant negative effect of the uncertainty-identity scale score on the self-verification motivation, and this self-verification motivation can be predicted by the uncertainty-identity among first-grade students in the secondary stage.