Investing leisure time in recreational sports activities to reduce psychological stress among prisoners

الملخص

The importance of the research is to identify the effect of recreational sports activities to reduce or reduce psychological stress in Basra prisoners. results resulting from the psychological pressures that prisoners are exposed to and the wrong use of leisure time, and one of the objectives of the research is to make the correct and ideal investment of leisure time in prisoners, and to identify the causes and sources of psychological stress in prisoners, as well as to identify the effectiveness of recreational sports activities in alleviating psychological stress in prisoners. The researcher employed a descriptive survey method to align with the research project's objectives, the nature of the problem, and the description and explanation of the studied phenomenon to derive results. The sample was deliberately selected from the prisoners of Basra Governorate (Hamdan Central Prison), comprising 250 individuals. Ultimately, 180 prisoners participated in the experiment, representing 72%, while 64 prisoners were excluded for the exploratory phase. Consequently, The sample was split into two sections: one for the scale's design and fabrication, and another for its application. At first, 100 prisoners, or 40% of the overall population, made up the sample used to create the scale.Second, the scale was applied to 80 inmates, or 32% of the total. The researcher came to the conclusion that inmates in the Basra Governorate who participate in recreational sports experience less psychological stress and anxiety. while to call for not overseeing the role of recreational sports activities within the daily curricula of prisoners, giving great importance to physical recreational activities inside the prison and increasing group games because of their great role in spreading the spirit of love and tolerance, getting out of psychological pressures and anxiety, and optimal use of leisure time. Adopting a planned and deliberate physical recreation curriculum to alleviate the psychological stress of prisoners.