The Degree to which Researchers in the Field of Psychological Sciences Practice Academic Freedom from their Point of View: A Comparative Field Study on a Sample of Master’s and Doctoral Researchers

Abstract

           The The study aimed to identify the degree to which researchers in the field of psychological sciences possess academic freedom from their point of view, and to identify the differences in their academic freedom according to gender, and the academic degree registered. The sample of the study in its final form consisted of (95) postgraduate researchers who are registered for two master’s degrees. and PhD in the field of psychological sciences in some faculties of education and arts in Egyptian universities. The measure of academic freedom was applied to them by the researcher. The results of the study indicated that freedom of expression ranked first in academic freedom for researchers in the field of psychological sciences, followed by freedom of scientific research in second place, and freedom of decision-making ranked third, while freedom of thought was the least academic freedom they had. The results also showed that there were no differences between researchers in the field of psychological sciences according to gender and the academic degree registered in academic freedom.