The effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral counseling program in developing psychological toughness among people with disabilities in some individual games

Abstract

psychological sports preparation is one of the most important tasks undertaken by coaches and workers in the field of physical education. Because it plays an important role in achieving the best sports results and achievements in a way that is no less important than the physical, skillful and tactical preparation processes, especially in high-level sports. According to which the psychological problems that they face in competition and training conditions are addressed, which are added to what they suffer from sometimes, and the research comes in an attempt to reveal the effect of behavioral cognitive counseling sessions and their role in developing psychological hardness among people with disabilities in some individual games in Najaf Governorate, and psychological toughness stands out as one of These psychological skills because of their crucial role in increasing psychological support and mental health, as the concept of psychological toughness is one of the relatively recent concepts in the Arab arena and the Iraqi environment in particular, and it is one of the important psychological characteristics for the individual to face different situations successfully, especially in the field of education, dealing with trauma Psychological difficulties, frustration and daily problems, interact smoothly with others and adapt to ideas and needs reality to mental and physical health. The research aimed to identify the impact of the behavioral cognitive counseling program in developing the psychological toughness of the disability challengers in some individual games, and the researchers assumed that there were statistically significant differences in favor of the experimental group. . And after the main experiment was applied to them, the results were analyzed and processed using (spss), and the researchers reached the results and real differences appeared between the two groups and in favor of the group that used the counseling program in developing psychological hardness. The need to use counseling programs, raise awareness, and use appropriate educational methods in dealing with this category of athletes, and urge the coaches and those concerned to provide appropriate training means for them.