Rational Empathy of Coaches and its Contribution to Raising the Level of Aspiration for Young Gymnasts

Abstract

Objective: The research aimed to develop a scale of rational empathy for gymnastics coaches and a measure of the level of ambition for gymnasts, and to identify the relationship, contribution, and impact of rational empathy for coaches on raising the level of ambition for young gymnasts. The researcher hypothesized that there is a significant correlation, contribution.

Research methodology: The descriptive research method was adopted using the correlational approach. The community boundaries were represented by young gymnasts in gymnastics talent care centers, who are continuing their training for the 2024/2025 sports season and are distributed by nature across (15) gymnastics centers in Baghdad and the governorates. The total number of players was (168), all of whom were deliberately selected using a comprehensive sample enumeration method, representing (100%) of the original community.

Results: The arithmetic mean values ​​for both rational empathy of coaches and the level of ambition of gymnasts exceeded the hypothetical mean for each psychological phenomenon, which means the presence of these two phenomena. The results of the regression model also show that rational empathy of coaches is related to and contributes to the level of ambition of gymnasts in the application sample. The results also show that increasing the level of rational empathy of coaches affects the level of ambition of gymnasts, and the higher the level of this type of empathy, the higher the level of ambition of young gymnasts.

Conclusions: The Rational Empathy Scale is valid for its intended purpose and can be used to measure this phenomenon among gymnastics coaches and their young gymnasts.