An Examination of Social Integration Among Physically Disabled Players in Paralympic Volleyball

الملخص

The importance of the study lies in social integration in disabled players in Paralympic volleyball. Integrations entitles enhancing self-confidence as well as trusting in team mates that can be activated through guidance sessions that develop psychological and behavioral aspects for disabled volleyball players. The problem of the study lies in the lack of social integration among teammates in general a matter that affect their psychology and behavior. This lack of integration causes a problem in the players’ psychology and performance.  The study aimed at the following: Constructing a scale for social integration in disabled volleyball players. Identifying the level of social integration in disabled volleyball players. Designing a psychological and behavioral guidance program for social integration in disabled volleyball players. Identifying the effect of guidance program for social integration in disabled volleyball players. The researcher hypothesized that there are statistical differences between pre and posttests of the experimental group in the level of social integration in disabled volleyball players. The researcher used the experimental method on disabled volleyball players of the international league season 2024 – 2025 in the Iraqi Paralympic committee / Paralympic volleyball federation. The researcher constructed a scale for social integration, distributed a questioner on experts followed by a pilot study and the main experimental group, and guidance program. The guidance program consisted of (14) guidance sessions with two sessions per week. Each session lasts for 40 – 60 minutes including psychological – cognitive – behavioral aspects.The researcher concluded that the designed guidance program have a positive effect on improving social integration in disabled volleyball players. Finally the researcher recommended the necessity of generalizing the results of the current study on the Iraqi Paralympic volleyball federation.