Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.2017, sa.December Special Issue INTE, ss.586-590, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.The objective of this study is to examine the role of motivational self-talking and life satisfaction on determining the flow experıence of athletes. 146 female (Meanage= 24, 35 ± 3,51), 204 male (Meanage= 24,80 ± 3.38) and totally 350 athletes (Meanage= 24,61 ± 3,43) participated in the study voluntarily. The study sample consisted of athletes from different branches, different sport levels and backgrounds. Athletes who participated in the study had a sport experience of 11,15 ± 4,78 years. The study objective was achieved by using “Flow State Scale-2" that was developed by Jackson and Eklund (2002) and adapted into the Turkish culture by Aşçı et al. (2007), “Self-Talking Questionnaire” that was developed by Zervas et al., (2007) and adapted into the Turkish culture by Engür (2011) and “Life Satisfaction Scale” that was developed by Diener et al. (1986) and adapted into the Turkish culture by Köker (1991). Socio-demographic information about study participants were collected via Personal Information Form, which was developed by the researcher. The acquired data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics methods, independent samples t-test and Multiple Stepwise Regression Analysis. Analyses were conducted in the SPSS package software and the significance level was taken as P<0.05 in the study. As a consequence, it was determined that movational self-talking and life satisfaction levels of athletes positively determined their flow experıence. Besides, it was observed that motivational self-talking, life satisfaction and flow experıence differed on behalf of female athletes in terms of the variables of gender, sport experience and being a national sporter.