English abstract
The study aimed to identify the awareness of citizens and
residents of the concept of social divergence and its positive and
negative effects, and ways of communicating during the period
of social divergence, sources of access to information, lifestyle
before and during the pandemic, and perceptions of post-social
divergence from the point of view of citizens and residents of
Oman in the context of the need of the Virus Krona Covid-19,
and this study is part of the descriptive research that adopts the
field survey method by applying the questionnaire tool and one
of the most important results of the study. The awareness of
citizens and residents of the concept of social spacing in the
context of the covid-19 virus was largely present, and the level
of all other areas of study was moderate. The results showed that
there were statistically significant differences at a level (less than
0.05) in the area of sources of information in favour of (females)
depending on the gender variable and scientific qualification,
while there were statistically significant differences in all areas
of the study attributable to the age group variable, with
statistically significant differences at a level (less than 0.05) in
the overall study area attributable to the nationality variable in
favour of the (resident) group, while there were no statistically
significant differences in all areas of the study attributable to the
age group variable, with statistically significant differences at a
level (less than 0.05) in the overall study area attributable to the
nationality variable in favour of the (resident) group, while there
were no statistically significant differences in the age group.
Sample study in the area of awareness of the concept of social
spacing, and the area of sources of information according to the
change of residence. One of the most important
recommendations is to ensure the implementation of qualitative
awareness programmes for society in general focusing on social
spacing, to reduce the social, psychological and economic effects
of social divergence, to activate preventive education in
educational institutions such as schools, and to emphasize
adherence to social spacing procedures in different working
environments in government and private sector institutions with
the enactment of laws to ensure this.
