The Determinant Role of Self-Confidence Sources Management on Challenge and Threat Levels in Combat Athletes

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate athletes’ self-confidence in resource management and their levels of challenge and threat. The sample of the study consisted of 259 athletes, 100 female and 159 male, who were doing sports in private and public fight clubs in Ağrı, Batman, Muş and Van provinces. In the data collection part of the study, “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researchers, “Sources of sport-Confidence Questionnaire” adapted into Turkish by Miçooğulları and Kirazcı and “The Challenge and Threat in Sport Scale” adapted into Turkish by Gürbüz et al. were used. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between athletes’ sources of self-confidence and their challenge s and threat, and a regression test was used to determine the effect. The results showed a positive and moderate relationship between SSCQ and challenge (r=.517 p=.001, one of the sub-dimensions of the CAT-Sport. The total score (R2=.231 p=.001), expertise (R2=.258 p=.001), and physical and mental preparation (R2=.245 p=.001) sub-dimensions of the SSCQ showed a positive effect on the challenge sub-dimension of the CAT-Sport. These statements can be considered to positively affect athletes’ performance by turning into challenge if they can manage their self-confidence resources correctly. These findings suggest that athletes’ self-confidence resources, especially physical and mental preparation and perceptions of expertise, play an important role in increasing their challenge levels. In this context, it is suggested that strategies to improve athletes’ self-confidence resources may increase their ability to cope with challenge.

Keywords

• combat sports
• threat
• challenge
• self-confidence sources

Dövüş Sporcularında Kendine Güven Kaynakları Yönetiminin Mücadele ve Tehdit Düzeyleri Üzerindeki Belirleyici Rolü

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sporcuların kendine güven kaynakları yönetiminde mücadele ve tehdit algı düzeylerini incelemektir. Araştırmanın örneklemini Ağrı, Batman, Muş ve Van illerindeki özel ve resmi dövüş kulüplerinde spor yapan 100 kadın ve 159 erkek olmak üzere toplam 259 sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma nın veri toplama bölümünde araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan “Kişisel Bilgi Formu”, Miçooğulları ve Kirazcı tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan “Sporda Kendine Güven Kaynakları Ölçeği” ve Gürbüz ve arkadaşları tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan “Sporda Mücadele ve Tehdit Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Sporcuların kendine güven kaynakları ile mücadele ve tehdit algıları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek için Pearson korelasyon katsayısı ve etkiyi belirlemek için regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Sonuçlar, SSCQ ile CAT-Sport’un alt boyutlarından biri olan Mücadele (r=0,517 p=0,001) arasında pozitif ve orta düzeyde bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. SSCQ’nun toplam puanı (R2=0,231 p=0,001), uzmanlık (R2=0,258 p=0,001), fiziksel ve zihinsel hazırlık (R2=0,245 p=0,001) alt boyutları CAT-Sport’un Mücadele alt boyutu üzerinde pozitif bir etki göstermiştir. Bu ifadelerin, sporcuların özgüven kaynaklarını doğru yönetebilmeleri halinde mücadeleye dönüşerek performanslarını olumlu yönde etkileyeceği düşünülebilir. Bu bulgular, sporcuların özgüven kaynaklarının, özellikle fiziksel ve zihinsel hazırlık ile uzmanlık algılarının, meydan okuma düzeylerini artırmada önemli bir rol oynadığını göstermektedir. Bu bağlamda, sporcuların özgüven kaynaklarının geliştirilmesine yönelik stratejilerin, meydan okuma ile başa çıkma becerilerini artırabileceği önerilmektedir.

Keywords

• dövüş sporları
• tehdit
• mücadele
• kendine güven kaynakları

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