An Investigation of the Relationship Between Imagery and Sportive Confidence in Volleyball Athletes

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between imagery in sports and the sportive confidence in athletes who play volleyball. 277 elite athletes who play volleyball, from 3 league levels (1st League, 2nd League, and Super League) between the ages of 18 and 35 (23.32 ± 4.16), of which 157 are women (21.78 ± 3.54), and 120 are men (25.33 ± 4.04) form the sample population of the research. Personal Information Form, Imaging Inventory, and Continuous Sportive Self-Confidence Inventory were applied to collect data. Independent T-test was applied to examine the distribution of the scores of sub-dimensions of imaging in sports and sportive confidence according to the variables gender, status of national team participation, and athlete's age, and Tukey HSD test with One-Way ANOVA was applied to examine the distribution according to active years in sports, age, and league level. After the findings from the analysis, it was determined that there was a meaningful difference between the sub-dimensions of imaging in sports and sportive confidence scores according to the variables of age, gender, sports age, the status of national team participation, league level, and active years in sports (p<0.05).

Keywords

• Imagery
• Sportive confidence
• Volleyball

Voleybol Sporcularında İmgeleme ve Sportif Güven Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı voleybol oynayan sporcularda imgeleme ile sportif güven arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu elit düzeyde voleybol oynayan 3 lig düzeyinden (1. Lig, 2. Lig ve Süper Lig) yaşları 18 ile 35 arasında değişen (23.32±4.16) 157 kadın (21.78±3.54) ve 120 erkek (25.33±4.04) olmak üzere toplam 277 sporcudan oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama amacı ile tüm katılımcılara Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Sporda İmgeleme Envanteri ve Sürekli Sportif Kendine Güven Envanteri uygulanmıştır. Sporda imgeleme alt boyutları ile sportif güven arasındaki puanlarının cinsiyet, millilik durumu ve spor yaşı değişkenine göre dağılımını incelemek için independent-samples t-testi, sporcuların profesyonel sporculuk yılı, yaş ve lig düzeyi değişkenine göre incelemek için de One-Way ANOVA ile Tukey HSD testi uygulanmıştır. Analiz bulgularının sonucunda araştırmaya katılan sporcuların sporda imgeleme alt boyutları ile sportif güven puanları arasında yaş, cinsiyet, spor yaşı, millilik durumu, lig düzeyi ve profesyonel sporculuk yılı değişkenleri arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğu saptanmıştır (p<0.05).

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İmgeleme
• Sportif güven
• Voleybol

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