Objectives: This research aims at identifying levels of fear of Covid-19, neuroticism, and health anxiety among university students in Qatar. In addition, it aims to identifying gender differences in fear of Covid-19, neuroticism, and health anxiety, and testing whether fear of Covid-19 mediates the relationship between neuroticism and health anxiety. Methods: This research utilized a descriptive correlational approach. The research sample included 236 participants from colleges of Arts, Education, and Engineering (age range= 18-46, M= 24.98, SD= 6.24). Results: Results show that levels of Fear of Covid-19, neuroticism, and health anxiety range from moderate to extremely low (32.15-59.24 %). No gender differences were found and fear of Covid-19 mediated the relationship between neuroticism and health anxiety. Conclusions: Based on the results. It is recommended to do further research on the psychological impacts of Covid 19 and its relationship to other psycho-social variables.

Objectives: The current research aims at exploring the relationship between self-transcendence, altruism and psychological well-being of university students in some Arab countries. Methods: This research utilized a descriptive correlational approach.  The sample of the research which was chosen from a number of Arab countries included 1144 students. The researcher used several international standards approved in the study and presented the standards to a group of mental health and psychology experts for feedback. Results: The results show statistically significant differences attributed to gender in favor of males, statistically significant differences due to specialization in favor of humanities faculties, and statistically significant differences due to academic level in favor of elementary grades on the total score of psychological well-being, altruism and self-transcendence. Finally, the results indicate that self-transcendence and altruism can predict psychological well-being. Conclusions: Based on the results, the study recommends including the dimensions of self-transcendence, altruism, and psychological well-being in the curricula of secondary schools and university students.