Investigation of self confidence levels in elite extreme athletes
| Autor: | Ö. Bostancı, E. Karaduman, M.H. Mayda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Physical Education of Students, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 106-111 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2308-7250 20755279 |
| DOI: | 10.15561/20755279.2019.0301 |
| Popis: | Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine self-confidence levels of extreme sports athletes in terms of variables such as gender, sport experience and sports level. Methods: A total of 1660 athletes in skiing, snowboarding, mountaineering, motor-car and motor-bike racing participated in the study. “Self-confidence scale” developed by Akın (2007) was used to find out athletes’ characteristics of self-belief, being able to control emotions and taking risks. Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used for data analysis. Results: Skiers and motor-car racers were found to have the highest self-confidence values, while snowboarders had the lowest values. Although there were less women in the study, significance was found only in external self-confidence in favour of women (p |
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