Establishment of a psychological frequency scale for football referees

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Sports Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education, Mansoura University

Abstract

Sports psychology is of paramount importance to referees in the sports field، because it deals with the psychological aspects that would have positive or negative effects on their refereeing performance. Where this science aims to help the referee to face all problems in a scientific manner so that he can appear in an honorable image in various sports forums and tournaments.

Therefore, the research aimed to build a psychological frequency scale for football referees, and the researchers used the descriptive approach (the survey method), and the research sample included the referees registered with the Egyptian Football Association season 2021-2022 AD (referees of the first degree, second, third) –

From the results of the research: a psychological frequency scale was built for football referees، and the researchers reached 7 axes and 80 A phrase:

The first axis: the training case، which included 15 phrases

The second axis: self-confidence، vigilance، included 12 phrases

The third axis: the importance of the match، which included 12 phrases

Fourth axis: The place of the match included 12 phrases

Fifth Axis: Previous experience، including 12 phrases

The sixth axis: the audience included 9 phrases

The seventh axis: the body pattern included 8 phrases

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