Social support and its relationship to motivation to participate in sports competitions and scout camps for middle school female students in the Babylon Governorate Center

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to preparing two scales of social support and motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions, identifying their reality and identifying the differences between them, and identifying the relationship of social support and its relationship to motivation to participate in sports and scouting competitions in the center of Babylon Governorate. Female preparatory school students in Babylon Governorate are considered the concern of the human sphere. As for the time range from 4/ 11/2022 to 11/5/2023, and the spatial field is preparatory schools in the center of Babylon Governorate. The procedure was followed to find measures of social support and motivation to participate in sports and scouting games on a sample of female students in the center of Babylon Governorate using the descriptive approach, as the research sample consisted of (370) student, and the reality of social support and the motivation to participate in sports competitions for middle school students in the center of Babylon Governorate was identified. The researcher concluded that there is a correlation between the motivation to participate in sports competitions and social support for middle school students in the center of Babylon Governorate. In conclusion, the researcher recommends making use of the standards and conducting other studies and the need to shed light on the female student segment.