Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.2016, sa.DecemberSpecialIssue, ss.445-452, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of self talk in predicting of the passion level in physical education class environment. The present research was consisted of 117 girl (Xage= 16,34 ± 1,15) and 184 male(Xage= 16,28 ± 1,16) totally 301 students (Xage= 16,30 ± 1,28) on voluntary basis. Average sport experience of respondent students oriented on team-based or individual sport branches (soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics, bicycle and etc.) was determined as 39,15 ± 11,60 months. To achieve the purpose of the study, Self Talk Questionnaire-PE was developed by Zervas, Stavrou ve Psychountaki (2007) and it was adapted to Turkish culture by Bayköse and Engür (2015). Additionally Sport Passion Scala was developed by Vallerand at al. (2003) and it was adapted to Turkish culture by Kelecek and Aşçı (2013) were used. Whereas descriptive statistical methods were employed in analysis and assessment of collected data; independent samples t-test and multiple step regression analysis was utilized. Aforesaid analyses were conducted through the SPSS package software and significance level was considered as P<0.05. Finally, it could be concluded that passion levels of student, a significant psychological factor in their sport performances, are related with their self-talk level and one of the important determinants of their passion levels.