Assistant Professor Dr. Rafif Abdel Hafez Al-Riyahi published a research in an American magazine classified within Google Scholar and holds the Arab Impact Factor entitled (Contemplative Judgment for Middle School Mentors and Mentors)

The research aims to measure the reflective judgment of middle school counselors and the variable differences of gender (males and females). The results showed that counselors in Basra governorate fall within the sixth stage of the reflective judgment stages.