The Optimistic Sports Personality and its Relationship with Psychological Flexibility among the Players of the Noor University Sports Teams

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to: identify the level of optimistic  sports personality, the level of psychological flexibility, andthe relationship between the level of optimistic sports personality  and the level of psychological flexibility among the players of the Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate. For the academic year (2024-2025), the number of (120) players with a percentage of (100%) distributed over (13)  teams, which are (football, volleyball, handball, basketball, arena and field, gymnastics, chess, badminton, fencing, table tennis, tennis, swimming, futsal football), while the research sample reached (80) players with a percentage of (66.66), and the sample was selected randomly, and the researcher used the scale of (optimistic sports personality) prepared by ( Jassim, 2023) and the (Psychological Resilience) Scale prepared by (Mahmoud, 2005), and the researcher used the questionnaire as a means of data collection and the statistics of the number of players were obtained from the Student Activities Division at Al-Noor University in Nineveh Governorate.

 The researcher reached the following conclusions:

1-  The players of the Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate have a high level of optimistic sports personality.

2-  The players of the Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate have a high level ofpsychological flexibility.

3- There is a statistically significant correlation between the level of optimistic sports personality  and the level of psychological flexibility among the players of the Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate.

 The researcher came up with a number of recommendations and suggestions, which are:

1- Urging the players of Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate and Iraqi university  teams to organize lectures on the concepts of  optimistic sports personality  and the concept of psychological resilience.

2- Conducting more studies related to these concepts, and preparing counseling and psychological programs that would enhance the  optimistic sports personality  and psychological flexibility of  the players of Al-Noor University sports teams in Nineveh Governorate.