A psychological counseling program using physical and cognitive relaxation techniques to reduce personal superiority among students of Al-Mashkhab District Intermediate School

Abstract

The importance of research in studying and developing (a psychological guidance program using physical and cognitive relaxation methods to reduce moral arrogance among middle school students in Al-Mashkhab district) and the role of sports practice on these influences, considering that social support provides support in all its forms, moral, material and informational, which makes the individual feel competent and satisfied and helps him to anticipate his family and work circumstances. Through his modest experience, he found it necessary to study these variables and their effects on the student’s personality at this age and academic stage. Therefore, the problem of the research lies in studying these research variables through an interpretive guidance program using physical and cognitive methods to reduce personal arrogance among middle school students in Al-Mashkhab district in Najaf Governorate. Identifying the effect of the program, a psychological guidance program using physical and cognitive relaxation methods to reduce personal arrogance among middle school students in Al-Mashkhab district in Najaf Governorate. The researcher used the experimental method with the method of pre- and post-tests, which suits the nature of the current research problem. The research community was determined from middle school students affiliated with Al-Mashkhab district in Najaf Governorate. The supervisor, whose number reached (2014) students distributed across a number of (7) schools, for the academic year (2024/2025), considers both guidance methods (physical relaxation - cognitive relaxation), with their various strategies and activities, as good methods, as they brought about a positive change in reducing personal arrogance among middle school students. Therefore, they can be relied upon in building other guidance programs, benefiting educational counselors in the Ministry of Education from the guidance program with its two methods (physical relaxation - cognitive relaxation) that the researcher followed in reducing personal arrogance