Mental health and its relationship to athletic excellence among basketball players in Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.25130/sc.25.1.26Keywords:
- Mental health - athletic excellence - basketball playersAbstract
The study aims to:
- Building a measure of mental health for basketball players in Iraq
- Identifying the relationship between psychological health and athletic excellence of basketball players.
The researchers used the descriptive approach using the survey method and correlational relationships for its suitability and the nature of the research. The research community included basketball in Iraq for the Premier League for the sports season (2022-2023), with (176) players, and the research procedures were implemented on them. The construction sample reached (120) players representing... The percentage was (70%), and (10) players were excluded for participating in the exploratory experiment, and (7) players’ questionnaires were neglected because they did not meet the conditions for a correct answer. The researchers used the questionnaire form as a research tool that was addressed to a number of experts and specialists in the field of sports, educational and psychological sciences for the purpose of stating their opinions on the validity of the psychological health measure for basketball players. The researchers used statistical methods, including (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, percentage, simple correlation coefficient) Pearson, standard error, Spearman-Brown equation.
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