Constructing and standardizing the academic perseverance scale for students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Tikrit University

Abstract

The research aims to identify the level of academic perseverance among students of physical education and sports sciences at Tikrit University. The descriptive approach was used in the survey method to suit the nature of the research. The research community was determined from the students of the second academic stage at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Tikrit University for the academic year 2024/2025, numbering (312) male and female students. The research sample was selected through a total census of the community members after excluding the female students, whose number was (41) female students. The number of sample members was (260) students who were divided into a survey sample, a construction sample, and an application sample, at a rate of (92%) of the general community. The researchers proceeded to build a scale of academic perseverance among physical education and sports science students, consisting of (50) paragraphs distributed over (5) dimensions, which are: Internal incentives, diligence, perseverance, dealing positively with failure, interest in self-learning, and academic flexibility. The scale items were analyzed by extracting the discriminatory power and consistency coefficient, as well as verifying the psychometric properties of validity and reliability. Then the scale was applied in its final form to a sample of (90) students from the second stage of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at Tikrit University. The researchers used the statistical package (SPSS) for the purpose of statistical processing.