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The current research considers the connection between irrational wishful thinking and psychological narcissism in young gymnastics athletes, reflecting the role of cognitive distortions in personality traits and behaviors at the competitive sports level. A descriptive-correlational research design was used, and data were collected from 168 young gymnasts using validated psychological scales specifically designed to assess irrational wishful thinking and narcissistic personality traits. The Results highlight a highly significant positive correlation (r = 0.981) between irrational wishful thinking and psychological narcissism, and regression analysis revealed that irrational cognitive style accounted for about 96.2% variance in narcissistic symptoms. These cognitive negatively impact a competitive gymnast’s self-concept, behavior, motivation, and psychological tenacity, which is especially prevalent in the high performance of competitive gymnastics. Irrational wishful thinking is often found among common traits of athletes that create unrealistic expectations and a sense of individual superiority or luck, rather than organized practice effort. Thus, these cognitive distortions can develop narcissistic characteristics that include intense self-importance, entitlement, and defensiveness to negative feedback, adversely impacting both personal and sporting development. This study contributes meaningfully to sports psychology literature by explaining the negative impact of irrational beliefs on sporting behavior and personality development. An enormous array of applied implications exists for sports psychology that apply very well to sports psychologists, coaches, and athletic trainers in this research. Thus, employing strategy-driven psychological approaches, which comprise cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness training, and well-structured psychosocial support targeting anxiety, negativity, and narcissistic habits to help athletes cope with maladaptive cognitive patterns and narcissistic tendencies, can ultimately lead to enhanced psychological well-being, emotional stabilization, and competitive resilience for the athletes.

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The Contribution of Irrevocable Desire to the Psychological Narcissism Among Gymnastics the Young Players

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    2026年

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  • Baydaa Tareq Abd-Ulwahid Al-Shaikhli

摘要

The current research considers the connection between irrational wishful thinking and psychological narcissism in young gymnastics athletes, reflecting the role of cognitive distortions in personality traits and behaviors at the competitive sports level. A descriptive-correlational research design was used, and data were collected from 168 young gymnasts using validated psychological scales specifically designed to assess irrational wishful thinking and narcissistic personality traits. The Results highlight a highly significant positive correlation (r = 0.981) between irrational wishful thinking and psychological narcissism, and regression analysis revealed that irrational cognitive style accounted for about 96.2% variance in narcissistic symptoms. These cognitive negatively impact a competitive gymnast’s self-concept, behavior, motivation, and psychological tenacity, which is especially prevalent in the high performance of competitive gymnastics. Irrational wishful thinking is often found among common traits of athletes that create unrealistic expectations and a sense of individual superiority or luck, rather than organized practice effort. Thus, these cognitive distortions can develop narcissistic characteristics that include intense self-importance, entitlement, and defensiveness to negative feedback, adversely impacting both personal and sporting development. This study contributes meaningfully to sports psychology literature by explaining the negative impact of irrational beliefs on sporting behavior and personality development. An enormous array of applied implications exists for sports psychology that apply very well to sports psychologists, coaches, and athletic trainers in this research. Thus, employing strategy-driven psychological approaches, which comprise cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness training, and well-structured psychosocial support targeting anxiety, negativity, and narcissistic habits to help athletes cope with maladaptive cognitive patterns and narcissistic tendencies, can ultimately lead to enhanced psychological well-being, emotional stabilization, and competitive resilience for the athletes.