SPOR BİLİMLERİ ÖZEL YETENEK SINAVINA KATILAN BİREYLERDE KAYGI

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between self-talk and anxiety for individuals attending the special talent examination in sports sciences. The study was conducted by using the descriptive and relational research design. A total of 544 student candidates who are composed of 383 male and 161 female students attending the special talent examination (STE) at the Sports Sciences Faculty of Bayburt University in the educational year of 2022-2023, who were chosen by random sampling, became the participants of this study. In the study, the researchers used the Personal Information Form, Self-Talk Questionnaire (S-TQ), Anxiety Inventory in Sports -2 (SAS) and the data obtained from the Track for STE of Sports Sciences at Bayburt University obtained online and based on voluntarism principle. The obtained data is analyzed by the computer program named SPSS 25.0. In the analysis of the data, the researchers used the methods of descriptive, percentage, average, standard deviation and inferential correlation analyses, and t-test analysis in independent samples. In the consequence of the study, it was determined that while the anxiety levels of the participants increased, their track times improved; however there was no relationship between self-talk and track times. Additionally, it was determined that while the ages of participants in the study increased, their levels of self-talk decreased; however there was no relationship between age and level of anxiety, the levels of self-talk and anxiety for the male participants were lower than those of the female participants; and while the self-talk levels of participants increased, their levels of anxiety also increased. However, it was also determined that there was no relationship between self-talk and level of anxiety.