THE INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND COPE WITH SPORTING PROBLEMS IN TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

OpenAlex İngilizce

Aim: The study was carried out to examine the relationship between the mental toughness of the athletes in team and individual sports and their ability to cope with sportive problems. Method: The sample of the research; consists of athletes aged 18 and over, who play team sports (99 athletes) and individual sports (109 athletes) in the national team and in the upper leagues. It consists of a total of 208 people, 80 female and 128 male athletes, with a minimum age of 18 and a maximum of 30, determined by the convenience sampling method. In the research, the Skills for Coping with Sportive Problems, developed by Ozcan and Gunay (2017), validity and reliability studies, and the Mental Toughness Inventory in Sports, developed by Altıntaş, Bayar-Koruç (2017) Pearson Correlation Analysis, Independent Groups T Test techniques were used in the analysis of the data. Findings and Conclusion: According to the findings of the research; There was a difference between the total score in terms of coping with sportive problems and the ability to be free from anxiety and to show high performance under pressure. In terms of mental toughness, the confidence sub-dimension scores of the athletes who do team sports were higher than the athletes who do individual sports. Considering the relationship between mental toughness and the ability to cope with sportive problems, a moderate positive relationship was observed in team sports, and a relationship level of 13% was found. In individual sports, this rate was found at the level of 5%. Keywords: Team and individual sports, mental toughness, cope with sporting problems