Analytical Study of the Relationship Between Emotional Arousal and Skillful Self of Basketball Players in UAE Universities

Majed Saleem El-Saleh; Salwa Al Majali; Munther Balawi; Bayan Habis Alnaimat

doi:10.36941/ajis-2023-0095

Authors

Majed Saleem El-Saleh Associate Professor, Sports Training, College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University, UAE
Salwa Al Majali Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University, UAE
Munther Balawi Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University, UAE
Bayan Habis Alnaimat Assistant Professor, Psychology, College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Ain University, UAE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2023-0095

Keywords:

Emotional arousal, skillful self, emotional balance, UAE universities, sports psychology, sports training, basketball players

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to recognize the relationship between emotional arousal and the skillful self of basketball players in the UAE universities. Therefore, the researchers employ the survey methodology's descriptive approach to the nature of this study. The sample of this study consisted of (44) male and female players from the national teams participating in the Sports Federation Championship for Higher Education Institutions (HESF), which were chosen by random method. Also, the researchers used the two scales of Abdel-Rida (2002) for emotional arousal, which consisted of (31) items, as well as the skillful self- scale which consisted of (42) paragraphs and was previously used. After applying the tool, extracting the results of the study and processing them statistically, the researchers concluded that the UAE university basketball players possess a high emotional arousal at a rate of less than (0.05), with a low skillful self- level amounted to (0.28), which is not significant. In addition to an inverse relationship between skillful self and emotional arousal of basketball players in the UAE universities.

Received: 3 February 2023 / Accepted: 21 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023