Investigation of The Levels of The Football Referees Coping With Stress and Aerobic Toughness

Year 2025, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 400 - 416, 30.09.2025

Onur Akçay , Selami Yüksek , Vedat Ayan

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the stress coping levels and aerobic toughness of soccer referees. In the study, descriptive model from quantitative research approaches was used. The population of the study consisted of football referees working in Turkey and the sample consisted of 58 referees working in Trabzon province. In the study, the scale of "individual, environmental and organizational stress sources of football referees" prepared by Çakmak (2011) was used to collect data and aerobic toughness data were obtained from Trabzon Provincial Referee Board as a result of the Cooper test administered by TFF to referees before each season. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0. was used for statistical analysis and calculations. According to the findings of the study, there was no statistically significant difference between the individual, environmental and organizational factors in terms of coping with stress in terms of age, gender, marital status, classification groups, refereeing period, profession other than refereeing and aerobic toughness (p>0.05). The difference between the educational level groups in the distribution of individual factors among the levels of coping with stress was found statistically significant (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the referees' stress coping levels and aerobic toughness (p>0.05). A positive, moderate and statistically significant relationship was found between individual, environmental and organizational factors in terms of coping with stress levels (p<0.05). As a result, it is thought that football referees with different age, gender, marital status, classification groups, refereeing time, occupation other than refereeing and aerobic toughness have similar levels of coping with stress.

Keywords

Football Referee , Stress , Aerobic Toughness

Futbol Hakemlerinin Stresle Başa Çıkma Düzeylerinin ve Aerobik Dayanıklılıklarının İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada futbol hakemlerinin stresle başa çıkma düzeylerinin ve aerobik dayanıklılıklarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada, nicel araştırma yaklaşımlarından betimsel model kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini; Türkiye’de görev yapan futbol hakemleri, örneklemini; Trabzon ilinde görev yapan toplam 58 hakem oluşturmaktadır. Hakemler çalışmamıza gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplamak için Çakmak (2011) tarafından hazırlanan “futbol hakemlerinin bireysel, çevresel ve örgütsel stres kaynakları” ölçeği kullanılmış ve aerobik dayanıklılık verileri ise TFF’nin her sezon öncesi hakemlere uyguladığı Cooper testi sonuçları Trabzon İl Hakem Kurulu’ndan elde edilmiştir. İstatistiksel analiz ve hesaplamalar için IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22.0. kullanılmıştır.
Yapılan çalışmanın bulgularına göre, stresle başa çıkma düzeyleri açısından bireysel, çevresel ve örgütsel faktörlerin yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, klasman grupları, hakemlik süresi, hakemlik dışındaki meslek ve aerobik dayanıklılıkları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmamıştır (p>0,05). Stresle başa çıkma düzeylerinden bireysel faktörler dağılımlarının eğitim düzeyi grupları arasındaki farklılık istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur (p<0,05). Hakemlerin stresle başa çıkma düzeyleri ve aerobik dayanıklılıkları arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamamıştır (p>0,05). Stresle başa çıkma düzeyleri açısından bireysel, çevresel ve örgütsel faktörler arasında pozitif, orta düzeyde ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir (p<0,05).
Sonuç olarak farklı yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, klasman grupları, hakemlik süresi, hakemlik dışındaki meslek ve aerobik dayanıklılığa sahip futbol hakemlerinin stresle başa çıkma düzeylerinin benzer seviyede olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Futbol Hakemi , Stres , Aerobik Dayanıklılık

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