Investigation of the Relationship Mindfulness and Competition Status Anxiety with Track Performance

Abstract

Aim: It is the examination of the relationship between mindfulness, competitive state anxiety and track performance in athletes. In addition, another aim of the study is to examine the effects of mindfulness levels of athletes on competitive state anxiety and track performance. Material and Method: The study group was determined according to the convenience sampling method in the study, in which the survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The sample of the research consisted of 292 (Female=95 and Male=197) athletes. The necessary institutional permission and ethics committee permission have been obtained for the research. The data were collected with the Mindfulness Inventory For Sport, Competition State Anxiety Inventory-2 and track performance information, as well as demographic information created by the researchers. Before the analysis, the assumption of normality was checked and descriptive statistics were determined. Then, relational (Pearson) and comparative (MANOVA and ANOVA) inferential statistical tests were performed. Significance is p=0.05. Results: In athletes, there is a negative aspect weak level between mindfulness and cognitive anxiety (r=-0.15, p<0.01) and physical anxiety (r=-0.19, p<0.01), in athletes, positive and weak level between mindfulness and track performance (r=0.15, p<0.01); a positive moderate (r=0.31, p<0.01) significant relationship was found between mindfulness and self-confidence. Athletes with high levels of mindfulness experienced significantly lower levels of physical anxiety (x̄=15.87±6.75) and felt higher levels of self-confidence (x̄=35.53±4.733). Again, it was found that athletes with a high level of conscious awareness had a significantly higher level of track performance (x=33.72±30.74). Conclusion and Suggestions: With the high level of mindfulness of the athletes, their self-confidence can increase and their physical anxiety can decrease. Similarly, high mindfulness can increase the performance of athletes.

Keywords

• Track performance
• mindfulness
• competition status anxiety
• athlete

Bilinçli Farkındalık ve Durumluk Kaygı ile Parkur Performansı Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Öz

Amaç: Sporcularda bilinçli farkındalık, yarışmasal durumluk kaygı ve parkur performansı arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesidir. Ayrıca, sporcuların bilinçli farkındalık düzeylerinin yarışmasal durumluk kaygı ve parkur performansı üzerindeki etkisini incelemek araştırmanın bir diğer amacıdır. Materyal ve Metot: Nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden tarama modeli kullanılan araştırmada çalışma grubu kolayda örnekleme yöntemine göre belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini 292 (Kadın=95 ve Erkek=197) sporcu oluşturmuştur. Araştırma için gerekli kurum izni ve etik kurul izni alınmıştır. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan demografik bilgilerin yanı sıra Sporcu Bilinçli Farkındalık (Mindfulness) Ölçeği, Yarışma Durumluk Kaygı Envanteri-2 ve parkur performansı bilgileri ile toplanmıştır. Analiz öncesinde normallik varsayımına bakılmış olup tanımlayıcı istatistikler belirlenmiştir. Daha sonra, ilişkisel (Pearson) ve karşılaştırmalı (MANOVA ve ANOVA) çıkarımsal istatistiksel testler yapılmıştır. Anlamlılık p=0.05’tir. Bulgular: Sporcularda bilinçli farkındalık ile bilişsel kaygı (r=-0.15, p<0.01) ve bedensel kaygı (r=-0.19, p<0.01) arasında negatif yönlü zayıf düzeyde; bilinçli farkındalık ile parkur performansı arasında pozitif yönde zayıf düzeyde (r=0.15, p<0.01); bilinçli farkındalık ile kendine güven arasında pozitif yönde orta düzeyde (r=0.31, p<0.01) anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Bilinçli farkındalık düzeyi yüksek sporcuların anlamlı bir şekilde daha düşük düzeyde bedensel kaygı yaşadıkları (x̄=15.87±6.75) ve daha yüksek düzeyde kendine güven hissettikleri (x̄=35.53±4.733) görülmüştür. Yine, bilinçli farkındalık düzeyi yüksek sporcuların anlamlı bir şekilde daha yüksek düzeyde parkur becerilerine sahip oldukları görülmüştür (x̄=33.72±30.74). Sonuç ve Öneriler: Sporcuların bilinçli farkındalık düzeylerinin yüksek olması ile kendine güvenleri artabilir ve bedensel kaygıları azalabilir. Benzer şekilde, yüksek bilinçli farkındalık sporcuların performanslarında artış sağlayabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Parkur performansı
• bilinçli farkındalık
• yarışma durumluk kaygı
• sporcu.

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