Psychological adaptation and its Relationship to Competitive Aggression and Self-Concept among First Division Football Players in the Southern Region

Abstract

The main objective of the study is to determine the relationship between psychological adaptation and competitive aggression that results from the analysis of the hierarchical sequence of the standards. This relationship is found by starting with the scale of psychological adaptation and determining its relationship with the competitive aggression. The Iraqi football league regularly observes violent and aggressive incidents on the field or in the stands involving fans, so the research problem centered on the increasing phenomenon of competitive sports aggression in the local sports environment, particularly in the football field for the first-division players in the southern region of the year (2022–2023).This issue has numerous facets, ranging from the social and cultural aspects of society to the players' mental state, the general public's awareness of culture, and the resilience of the organizations in charge of organizing these competitions. The researcher chose to investigate adaptation, one of the axis that drives this process, in order to accurately explore it scientifically. Psychological understanding and how it relates to the competitive aggression issue, and examining that connection to create suitable remedies. In addition, the study attempts to establish benchmarks for competitive aggression and psychological adjustment for football players from first division southern clubs, as well as to determine how these benchmarks relate to one another then extract the levels and standards for the measurements.