Building and applying a psychological fragility scale to female students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon

Abstract

The research aims to build a measure of psychological fragility among female students in the College of Education. Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon, and identifying the reality of psychological fragility among female students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon. The researcher used the descriptive approach using survey methods and correlational relationships to suit the nature and problem of the research. The research community included female students in the four stages. College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences - University of Babylon for the academic year (2023-2024), numbering (129) female students, and the research sample was selected using the method. Randomly (117) applicants for this. A special scale was built for the purpose of identifying the degree of fragility among female students, and the scale was built according to the scientific steps for preparing standards. The psychological fragility scale consists of (36) items divided into three dimensions (magnification, rumination, and helplessness). The magnification items were (12), the rumination items were (12), and the helplessness items were (12). The answer options were three-fold, which are (always applies to me, sometimes applies to me, It does not apply to me at all) and the correction key for the psychological fragility scale (1,2,3).