Psychological climate and its relationship with achievement motivation among wheelchairs basketball players

Abstract

Psychological climate is a mental phenomenon. In studying sports psychology, during the training phase athletes try to take advantage of the positive factors associated with the win and to avoid negative factors causing defeat. The study aimed to identify the relationship of psychological climate and achievement motivation among basketball wheelchairs players, using descriptive method on a random sample including 50-players. The study used the psychological climate scale of Sport Team preparation by Mohamed Hassan Allawi, and the measure of achievement motivation preparation by Mona Mokhtar el Morse. There is statistically significant positive correlation between achievement motivation and psychological climate. The study recommends that close attention should be paid to the psychological climate for players in general and wheelchairs basketball players, especially moving to raise the level of achievement motivation.

Keywords: achievement motivation; basketball player; handicapped; Psychological climate; wheelchairs .