Mental health and its relationship to the accuracy of decision-making for referees in the Premier League in handball.

Abstract

   The aim of the research is to identify the relationship between mental health and decision-making among the referees of the Premier League in handball, and the researcher used the descriptive approach in the manner of the survey study and the correlational relationships, and that the research community consisted of the referees of the handball game for Iraqi clubs, and the sample was chosen randomly for the sports season (2022/2023 ), and the total research community reached (40) referees, and accordingly the researcher chose the research sample from the referees of Iraqi clubs, who numbered (35) referees, and (5) referees were chosen to conduct the exploratory experiment.

Through the results that appeared, the researcher concluded that mental health has a clear impact on the accuracy of decision-making for the referees of the Premier League in handball, as well as the existence of a correlation between the measures of mental health and decision-making for the referees. Which consists of (14) paragraphs that help them to be accurate in making decisions, and the researcher recommends conducting studies that examine the relationship between the concept of mental health and other concepts, and the possibility of benefiting from the measures of mental health and decision-making for referees of other team games, and the need to take care of strengthening the psychological features that help referees Accuracy in decision making.