المرغوبية الاجتماعية و علاقتها باللياقة النفسية لدى المتفوقين الرياضيين

Abstract EN

The study aimed to identify the level of social desirability and psychological fitness, and to determine the relationship between the social desirability and psychological fitness among gifted athletes in high school.

the study used the descriptive method.

the study sample consisted of (100) male high school gifted athlete students, who are enrolled in government sports clubs, and who have won medals in football matches, in Kuwait, during the scholastic.

the study tools consisted of the psychological fitness scale (alMorsi, 2005) ; and the social desirability scale, (Alzaghol, 2019).

the study found that the level of social desirability among gifted athlete students was below average and that the level of psychological fitness among them was average, ranking for subscales was organizing and managing emotions in the first rank, followed by : self emotions ; understanding the emotions of others ; motivation, and finally the realization of social skills.

the study also found that there is no statistically significant relationship between social desirability and psychological fitness among students who excel in sports.