PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH the profession of COLLECTING AND SORTING GARBAGE AT MANSHAAT NASSER IN THE LIGHT OF QUALITY OF LIFE

The researcher identified the objective of the research in the light of the fact that the garbage collectors suffer from difficulties and risks because of the nature of their hard work and their low social status, and the deterioration of their quality of life, which has affected their Psychological  state of low self-esteem and dissatisfaction with life, Professional incompatibility, and negative outlook for the future, Feelings of disability and weakness due to poor professional and environmental conditions, The scales of Psychological state, quality of life, and case study, were used on a sample of 60 garbage collectors, in addition to applying a case study on (6) male and female garbage collectors. The results showed that there is a significant positive correlation (α ≤ 0.01) between the psychological variables and the quality of life of both male and female workers in the field of collecting and sorting garbage in the study community. results also showed significant statistical differences at a significant significance level (a 0.01 0.01) between the mean scores of males and females working in the field of collection and sorting of garbage on the psychological scale as a whole. results also confirmed that there are no statistically significant differences between the average scores of males and females working in the collection and sorting of garbage on the scale of  quality of life as a whole, The results of the study confirmed the absence of statistically significant differences between the average scores of workers in the profession of collecting and sorting garbage and the interaction between their level of education in relation to the overall score of the psychological state scale as a whole, while there are differences of statistical significance at a significance level 0.05 between the average scores of males and females working in the profession of collecting and sorting garbage in relation to the overall degree of quality of life scale as a whole, and their grades on the indicators of the scale according to the variable of education level.