Measuring The Psychological Attitudes of Non-Specialist Academic Staff of Al-Maarif University College Toward Practicing Sports

Abstract

Psychological attitudes are one of the most important topics in the field of psychology as one of the most important drivers of human behavior, as the psychological attitudes of academic employees have a great role in scientific development in all fields, especially in the sports field. Thus, psychological attitudes are the cornerstone in obtaining accurate scientific information about the composition of the measured phenomenon. As well as the importance of sports activities. Hence, the importance of the research emerges by recognizing the psychological attitudes of the academic staff of Al-Maarif University College for non-specialization towards the practice of sports activity. Which contributes to strengthening their attitudes towards the activity, modifying it, or changing it. The aim of the research is to identify the psychological attitudes of the academic staff of Al-Maarif University College for non-specialists towards practicing sports activity. Then the researcher adopted the descriptive approach in the survey method for its relevance to the field research problem, and the research sample was chosen in a deliberate way from the total study population, where the number of study sample members reached (100) teaching, and after using the scale of the psychological attitude and obtaining answers, analyzing and discussing them, the researcher concluded. That the degrees of attitudes of academic staff of the departments of Al-Maarif University College according to the attitude scale indicate that their attitudes are positive towards the practice of sports activities. The researcher also recommended increasing social awareness of the benefit of exercising on the physical and psychological levels through holding seminars, using the media, and issuing books that explain the benefit of exercising.