The Relationship Between Psychological Hardiness and Achievement Motivation Amongst the Physically Disabled Athletes in The West Bank

The study aimed to determine the relationship between psychological hardiness and achievement motivation amongst the physically disabled athletes in the west bank. Further more, to determine the differences in psychological hardiness and achievement motivation according to gender, type of game, and experience variables. A sample of (86) Disabled athletes players who are officially registered in the Palestinian Paralympics Commission (2012\2011). These athletes were chosen according to the descriptive method and by using "Obadah & Abdel Wahab –psychological hardiness scale (2005)" and" Alaweys- Achievement motivation scale (1998). After collecting all the data, the (SPSS) program was used to analyze the results, which showed that the level of psychological hardiness and achievement motivation were high amongst the physically disabled athletes in the west bank. The study also had shown that there were a differences in psychological hardiness and achievement motivation level due to (gender, kind of game, and experience). The study also showed a positive relationship according to Pearson correlation coefficient between psychological hardiness and achievement motivation in (achieve success dimension) among the disabled athletes to the extent of (0.75), and a negative correlation between psychological hardiness and achievement motivation in (avoid failure dimension) and the correlate to the extent (0.65-), also a negative correlation between achieve success and avoid failure to the extent (-0.19). Based on the results of the study, the researcher recommended to work on develop of the positive personality traits (specially psychological hardiness) between the disabled athletes, and proposed a training psychological courses to improve their achievement motivation in sport