Futbolcularda Stres Kaynakları ile Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Year 2025, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 211 - 224, 23.10.2025

Özcan Öz , Kemal Göral

https://doi.org/10.70007/yalovaspor.1739673

Abstract

Bu çalışma, futbolcuların stres kaynakları ile zihinsel dayanıklılıkları arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmaya, 2021-2022 sezonunda bölgesel amatör ve profesyonel futbol liglerinde en az beş maçta forma giymiş futbolcular katılmıştır. Araştırmaya 702’si amatör, 338’i profesyonel olmak üzere toplam 1040 futbolcu gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Çalışmada “Futbol Antrenörü Sporcu Stres Ölçeği”, “Futbol Medya Stres Kaynakları Ölçeği” ve “Sporda Zihinsel Dayanıklılık Envanteri” kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular önce SPSS programına kaydedilmiş ve anlamlılık düzeyi 0.5 olarak kabul edilmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan amatör futbolcuların yaş ortalaması 22.98±4.99 yıl, spor yaşı ortalaması ise 10.91±4.19 yıl; profesyonel futbolcuların yaş ortalaması 25.87±5.17 yıl, spor yaşı ise 14.51±3.87 yıl olarak belirlenmiştir. İki futbolcu grubu arasında hem yaş hem de spor yaşı açısından anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Profesyonel futbolcularda yaş ile medya stresi: sonuç/skor yansıması, eğitim durumu ile medya stresi: sonuç/skor yansıması ve zihinsel dayanıklılık alt boyutları arasında; süreklilik ile medya stresi: olumsuz içerik arasında anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Amatör futbolcularda ise spor yaşı ile medya stresi: olumsuz içerik ve medeni durum ile medya stresi: olumsuz içerik arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, medya stresinin hem amatör hem de profesyonel sporcularda bazı değişkenlerden etkilendiği düşünülmekte olup, performansı etkileyen faktörlerden biri olarak değerlendirilen psikolojik özellikler açısından bu ve benzeri durumların yönetilmesinin, sporcuların gelişimine katkı sağlayacağı düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Futbol , Stres , Zihinsel Dayanıklılık

Examination of the Relationship Between the Sources of Stress and The Mental Strength of Football Players

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the relationships between the sources of stress and mental strength of football players. Football players who played in at least five matches in the 2021-2022 season of regional amateur and professional football leagues participated in the research. A total of 1040 football players, including 702 amateurs and 338 professionals, voluntarily participated in the study. In the study, “Football Coach Athlete Stress Scale” and “Football Media Stress Sources Scale” and “Mental Endurance Inventory in Sports” was used. The findings were first recorded in the SPSS program, and the significance level was accepted as 0.5. The average age of the amateur football players participating in the research is 22.98±4.99 years, the sports age is 10.91±4.19 years, the average age of the professional football players is 25.87±5.17 years, and the sports age is 14.51±3.87 years. A significant difference was found between the two football player groups in both age and sports age (p<0.05). In professional football players, age and media stress: between result/score reflection, education status and media stress: between result/score reflection and mental toughness sub-dimensions, continuity and media stress: negative content; In amateur football players, significant correlations were found between sports age and media stress: negative content, and between marital status and media stress: negative content. As a result, it is thought that media stress is affected by some variables in both amateur and professional athletes, and managing these and similar situations in terms of psychological characteristics, which is considered as one of the factors affecting performance, will contribute to the development of athletes.

Keywords

Football , stress , mental toughness

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