Research Article

Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers

Volume: 23 Number: 2 August 31, 2021
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Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers

Abstract

The objective of the research was to analyze and comment on the sportive identities of the star, young and great athletes actively participated in competitions in our country, became involved among the first 16 athletes in formal classifications (in their own categories) of Turkey Fencing Federation between 2016-2017, and attended in the Big National Team Camp held in the county Antalya/Alanya between the dates of 18-29/8/2016 and the Star-Young Europe Championship Preparation Camp held in the province Ankara between the dates of 18-26/2/2017. The research group consisted of 64 athletes invited to the relevant national team camps in the 2016-2017 season. Based on the survey model, within the relevant study, Athletic Identity Scale which was developed by Brewer and Cornelius (2001), and also validated and made reliable in Turkish by Çetinkaya (2015), was used. In evaluation of data and estimation of values, the SPSS 16.0 statistical package program was utilized. Data was summarized with averages and standard deviations. Since data showed a normal distribution, independence group t-test for pair comparisons, One Way Variance Analysis (anova) for multiple comparisons were preferred. In this study, scale reliability coefficient was calculated as .74. The significance level was regarded as 0.05 in this study. As a result of the research; it was concluded that there were no significant differences in the average points from the Athletic Identity Scale in accordance with the gender variable; there was a significant difference in favour of the participants, aged 15-18, graduating from high school and below in accordance with the age and education background variable among 64 athletes invited to the relevant national team camps in the 2016-2017 season.

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References

  1. Brewer BW, Cornelius AE, (2001) Norms and factorial invariance of the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale (AIMS). Academic Athletic Journal 2001;15:103-113.
  2. Çetinkaya T. Takım sporlarında sporcu kimliği ve sürekli sportif kendine güven ilişkisi. Gazi Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi 2015:31.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 31, 2021

Submission Date

May 22, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 18, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 23 Number: 2

APA
Barsbuğa, Y. (2021). Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise, 23(2), 136-140. https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE
AMA
1.Barsbuğa Y. Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers. Turk J Sport Exe. 2021;23(2):136-140. https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE
Chicago
Barsbuğa, Yusuf. 2021. “Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers”. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise 23 (2): 136-40. https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE.
EndNote
Barsbuğa Y (August 1, 2021) Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise 23 2 136–140.
IEEE
[1]Y. Barsbuğa, “Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers”, Turk J Sport Exe, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 136–140, Aug. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE
ISNAD
Barsbuğa, Yusuf. “Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers”. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise 23/2 (August 1, 2021): 136-140. https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE.
JAMA
1.Barsbuğa Y. Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers. Turk J Sport Exe. 2021;23:136–140.
MLA
Barsbuğa, Yusuf. “Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers”. Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise, vol. 23, no. 2, Aug. 2021, pp. 136-40, https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Barsbuğa. Evaluation of Athletic Identity in Elite Fencers. Turk J Sport Exe [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 1;23(2):136-40. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA43TB94JE

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