The effect of a cognitive-behavioral program in raising the level of mental health among young basketball players Gasag Taher

Abstract

The problem of the research lies in the situations that the player is exposed to, whether in training, competition or other reasons he goes through during his daily life and the way of thinking and the wrong response to these situa-tions that affect the behavior of the players, which leads to a decline in the level of their mental health, thus affecting the level of performance, whether In training or competition.The study aimed to:-1- Identifying the level of mental health of Al-Naft Basketball Sports Club players aged 17-18 years.2- Preparing a cognitive behavioral program to raise the level of mental health for basketball players aged 17-18 years.The researchers used the experimental method with two equal groups, the ex-perimental and the control one, due to its suitability to the nature and method of the research. The research community also included youth club players aged 17-18 years in basketball for the 2021-2022 season and consisted of 128 players. players) and the experimental (Tigris 12 players) after homogeneity was conducted on the sample members in terms of morphological measure-ments represented by (chronological age, training age and weight) As well as finding equivalence between the experimental and control groups in the re-search variables, and within the research procedures, the researchers prepared a scale (mental health) that fits the research sample. spss), and in light of the findings of the researchers, the following was concluded:- The program (cognitive-behavioural) has a positive effect in correcting the cognitive thoughts of young basketball players aged 17-18 and how to re-spond to them and how to think correctly and as a result create correct be-haviors.- It was reached to prepare a mental health scale suitable for young basketball players aged 17-18, the sample of the research.- Raising the cognitive-behavioral level of young basketball players aged 17-18, the research sample led to raising the level of their mental health.The researchers recommended:- Giving attention to cognitive-behavioral programs, and their important place accompanying the training of the physical and skill aspects of the bas-ketball game.The necessity of using the cognitive-behavioral program that was prepared on the categories of basketball and various sports, as well as using the mental health scale periodically.