The aim of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between ego states based on Transactional Analysis
(TA) and accordance
levels based on team positions of footballers playing in elite U-19 young amateur league in Samsun
province and their
performance. The sample of the
study consisted of 183 amateur football players playing in the league. For this purpose, TA Ego Status Scale, Personal Information
Form and Performance Evaluation Scale were used as data collection instruments.
One-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD test were used to examine the differences among the
total scores of the players’ ego states (Critical Parent, Nurturing Parent,
Adult, Natural/Free Child and Adapted Child) for the various variables (the
football players’ positions on pitch, their performance etc). In addition to
this, the correlation between the ego status (observed) of football players and
ego status of their positions (expected) was estimated by using Pearson
correlation coefficient. The results showed that the correlation between
amateur team players' ego status based on transactional analysis and their
positions in the team were only positively correlated with the adult ego
status; however no statistically significant relationship was found between
performance of football players and their ego status. In conclusion, unlike the
results of studies showing that athletes' personality traits and psychological
skills affect their sporting performance, this result of this study are in
parallel with the results of studies which showed no a important correlation
between athletes’ personality traits and their sporting performance. For this
reason, it is necessary to do more studies that different research methods and
scales should be used on different sample groups in teams and individual sports
based on TA Ego States.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | April 30, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | April 9, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 22 Issue: 1 |
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