ABSTRACT

Objective: In this study, it is aimed to determine athletes’ sportive self-confidence and point out the factors affecting it.

Methods: The study was conducted on 454 sportspeople participating in amateur sports clubs and the Olympic Sports Centre in Bağcılar during the 2018-2019 season, using a demographic survey and a scale of constant sportive self-confidence. The acquired data were analyzed on the SPSS program using a T-test and ANOVA besides descriptive statistics.

Findings: The athletes were found to have a high degree of self-confidence. The degree of the males was considerably higher than that of the females. Likewise, the sportive self-confidence of footballers and taekwondoers was also substantially higher than that of the basketball and volleyball players. According to the BMI properties, the sportive self confidence level of thinner athletes is meaningfully higher than normal weight and overweight participants. Similarly, the degree is also higher with the athletes aged 13-14 than the ones aged 15 or more. In addition, the same level was also considerably higher with the athletes whose parents are athletes than the ones having none

Conclusion: Now that sportive self-confidence is higher with males, younger groups and thinner athletes and increases in tandem with the time spent on the sport, personal exercise programs to augment performance are of great importance, urging families to encourage their children at an early age for sports facilities.

Key Words: Sport, Athlete, Self-confidence, Constant Self-Confidence