Türk Elit Milli Karatecilerin Kişisel ve Sosyal Spor Kimliklerinin Öz-Kimlik Grafiği Aracılığıyla İncelenmesi

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate ideal and non-ideal image of six Turkish national players and their cognitive representation of karate players. This study involved six participants majoring in Physical Education and Sports who are national karate players and was carried out with young adult elite karate players who became successful in national and international tournaments. The data of this study were collected via repertory grid, a semi-structured interview technique. Self-identity graph of each participant was obtained and analyzed based on repertory grid data. The findings show that all the participants’ personal and social sport identities, except one participant, are positive. The study found that the participants who had high self-value identified selves, ideal self and social self with positive personal constructs as a karate player.