The aim of this study is to examine the selfesteem of amateur footballers in terms of some demographic variables. The population of the study consists of amateur male football players playing in Turkish Football Federation’s amateur leagues in the provinces of Rize and Trabzon. The sample group of the study consists of 450 male amateur football players. The short form of "Self-Esteem Inventory" with 25 items developed by Stanley Coopersmith 1967 and adapted to Turkish by Turan and Tufan 1987 and a 6-item “Demographic Information Form” including “Age, Educational Status, Monthly Income of the Family, Duration of Playing Football, Position where football is played, and League in which football is played” were administered to the participants on a volunteer basis. According to the results of the study, the self-esteem scores of amateur footballers differ significantly according to their age and the self-esteem level of football players aged 30 and over is higher than that of the football players aged 15-19. It was determined that there is a significant difference in self-esteem scores in terms of the educational level t = -2.582; p
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | January 1, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 |