Investigating intimacy and social adjustment on the psychological security of professional football athletes

Document Type : Original research

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Faculty Member of Golestan University

Abstract

The present study was designed and conducted to investigate the study of intimacy and social adjustment on the psychological security of professional football athletes. This research is applied research in terms of purpose and field implementation method and descriptive-correlation in terms of analysis. The statistical population of this study consisted of Iranian professional football players. The instrument of the present study was a standard questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data of the present study. In the descriptive statistics section, the mean and standard deviation were used. In the inferential test section, K-S statistics were used to determine the status of research data distribution. Structural equation test was also used to evaluate the research model. The whole process of data analysis was performed in SPSS and PLS software. According to the results of the study, it was found that the effect of intimacy on psychological security (effect = 0.195, significance level = 0.001) has a significant effect in a positive direction. The results also showed that the effect of social adjustment on mental security (effect = 0.723, significance level = 0.001) has a significant effect in a positive direction. Thus, intimacy and social adjustment play an important role in improving the psychological security of professional football athletes.

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 11, Issue 42
February 2023
Pages 23-40

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  • Receive Date: 24 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 19 January 2022
  • Accept Date: 12 February 2022

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