DETERMINING THE DIFFERENCES IN SUBJECTIVE INTELLIGENCE AND CROSS-CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE FOR BASKETBALL, HANDBALL, AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Abstract

The first chapter of the research contains the introduction and the importance of the research. The importance of intelligence of all kinds for group games and for the players of the Middle Euphrates universities’ indoor football teams has been pointed out. The aim of the study is to identify the differences between basketball, handball and football players in physical intelligence and Cross-cultural intelligence, while the third chapter contained field procedures for the research, and the population and sample of the research, as it was represented by the players of Al-Qadisiyah Governorate in basketball, handball, and football, numbering (60) players for the season 2022-2023. The research methods and tools were also explained, which were the intelligence test. In the HRB system, which contains tests of fluid intelligence and cross-cultural intelligence, the fourth chapter contained a presentation and discussion of the research results, and after taking samples and processing them statistically, the researcher concluded the following: -1Basketball players have the highest level of fluid and cross-cultural intelligence, followed by handball players and then football players. The researchers recommended the need to develop the level of fluid intelligence and cross-cultural intelligence of players.