Dr. Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet
Bio
Academic Background
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Bio
Prof. Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet has over three decades of academic experience in higher education and research across Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom of Bahrain. His scholarly interests focus on gifted education, special education, and educational psychology, with sustained contributions to curriculum development and program design in these fields. He has published more than 230 research papers in Arabic and English, including over 110 in peer-reviewed international journals indexed in Scimago and 75 in Web of Science (Clarivate). Throughout his career, he has participated actively in regional and international conferences, supervised numerous postgraduate students, and led several research collaborations. His expertise also extends to quality assurance and academic accreditation, where he has contributed to developing institutional frameworks and assessment systems. Prof. Bakhiet’s academic journey reflects a deep commitment to advancing educational excellence, promoting creativity, and fostering talent development in the Arab region.
Academic Background
Prof. Salaheldin Farah Bakhiet is a Professor of Educational Psychology and Gifted Education at Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology (Giftedness) from the University of Khartoum (2005), an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Khartoum (1999), and a B.A. in Psychology from Omdurman Islamic University (1992).
Research Interests
his research interests focus on Educational Psychology, Gifted Education, Special Education, Intelligence, Creativity, and Psychometrics. Specific areas include psychological and educational assessment, test development and validation, individual differences, cognitive abilities, personality, talent identification and development, and the psychological and socio-emotional characteristics of gifted students. My research also explores neurodevelopmental disabilities, inclusive education, cross-cultural psychology, and the application of advanced quantitative methods, including factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and meta-analysis.
Selected Publications
- Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Soliman, Mohammad; Mussa, Yahia; Dafaalla, Asma; and Alsubaie, Qamrah. (2026). Effectiveness of enrichment programs in developing cognitive, affective, and higher-order thinking skills among gifted students in Arab countries: a meta-analysis. Front. Psychol. 17:1856020. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1856020
- Alhossein, A., Aldabas, R., te Nijenhuis, J., Protzko, J., & Bakhiet, S. F. (2026). Measurement invariance of the ADHD Rating Scale-5 between Sudanese and U.S. schoolchildren. Journal of Psychology in Africa. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2026.082550
- Issa, Ahmed; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Al-Mwaulid, Hamza; Bukhary, Mohamad; Alsubaie, Qamrah; Mohamed, Huda; Essa, Yossry. (2026). Multidimensional Identification of Twice-Exceptional Gifted Deaf Students: A Mixed-Methods Study Integrating Teacher and Family Perspectives. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SPECIAL EDUCATION, 41(18s), 950-962. https://internationalsped.com/index.php/ijse/article/view/5605
- Albursan, Ismael; Al. Qudah, Mohammad; Darandari, Eqbal; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; & Al-Khadher, Mohammed. (2026). WISC-III scores: Evidence of gender-related differential item functioning in Sudan. Journal of Psychology in Africa. https://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2026.070232
- Abdel-Khalek, A; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Osman, H; Saad, I; & Lester, D. (2026). The big-five personality traits as predictors of self-esteem in college students from Sudan. Journal of Psychology in Africa. https://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2026.071085
- AL-Qadri, Abdo; Al-Khadher, Mohammed; Saraa, Nadia; Ahmed, Ahmed; Chen, Pengfei; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Albursan, Ismael; Alhaqbani, Hazim; & Almutairi, Abdullah. (2026). Assessing the psychometric properties of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) across various sectors in Sudan. Journal of Psychology in Africa. http://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2025.069675
- Al. Qudah, Mohammad; Albursan, Ismael; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Al-Tartouri, Mohammed; Al-Khadher, Mohammed; & Al-Qadri, Abdo. (2026). Nomophobia and psychological loneliness: Their relationship to sleep disorders among university students in Middle Eastern countries. Journal of Psychology in Africa. http://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2025.070220
- Ziegler, A., Bakhiet, Salaheldin., Issa, A., Essa, Y., & Naujoks-Schober, N. (2025). Happiness capital: Resources for student wellbeing. Frontiers in Education, 10, Article 1684397. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1684397
- Naujoks-Schober, N., Bakhiet, Salaheldin., Altuwaijri, A. I., Vialle, W., Essa, Y. A. S., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Talent development from a learning resource perspective: Testing the law of the minimum. High Ability Studies, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2025.2575761
- Dutton, Edward; Alamein, Salwa; Madison, Guy; Becker, David; Al-Khadher, Mohammed; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; Maki, Yousif; Abdelrasheed, Nasser; Alzoubi, Ahmad. (2025). The intelligence of the Copts of Sudan: A test of norms validation. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 35(5), 695-699. https://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2025.067488
- Pierce, C; Alhossein, Abdulkarim; Lambert, Matthew; Aldabas, Rashed; Bakhiet, Salaheldin; & Fitzpatrick, Heather. (2025). ADHD rating scale adaptation in Saudi Arabia: factor structure, measurement invariance, and normative data. BMC Psychol, 13, 1101. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03398-1
- Abdel-Khalek, A.M., Alzoubi, A.M., Lester, D. and Bakhiet, Salaheldin. (2025). Happiness, health and religiosity am