The role of self-talk and self-efficacy levels of athletes studying at faculties of sport sciences on predicting mental toughness

BAYKÖSE N., CİVAR YAVUZ S., Özer Ö., ŞAHİN A.

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.2017, sa.December Special Issue INTE, ss.591-595, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2017 Sayı: December Special Issue INTE
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.591-595
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Mental toughness, Self- efficacy, Self-talk
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.The objective of this study is to examine the role of self-talk and self-efficacy levels of athletes studying at faculties of sport sciences on predicting mental toughness. The study group consisted of totally 277 (MeanAge:24,40±3,57) athletes, 93 female and 184 male, studying at faculties of sport sciences. The study objective was achieved by using Self-Talk Questionnaire that was developed by Zervas, Stavrou and Psychountaki (2007), Self-Efficacy Scale that was developed by Riggs et al., (1994) and Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire that was developed by Sheard et al., (2009). In order to prove the power of the two aforementioned predicting variables upon predicting stepwise mental toughness, the technique of stepwise regression analysis was applied and the results were explained. The significance level being used in the study was accepted as. 05. Examining the study findings; it was observed that motivational self-talk and self-efficacy levels of athletes significantly predicted the lower dimension of control, which is among the lower dimensions of mental toughness, whereas only motivational self-talk predicted the lower dimension of self-efficacy, which is also among the lower dimensions of mental toughness. On the other hand, the lower dimension of toughness, which is among the lower dimensions of mental toughness, was only predicted by cognitive self-talk. As a consequence, the fact that the lower dimensions of mental toughness are predicted by different lower dimensions of self-talk signifies that mental toughness is supported by different psychological mechanisms. According to our study findings, while continuity that is among basic structures of mental toughness is mainly supported by cognitive structures; self-confidence that is also among basic structures of mental toughness is supported by selfefficacy and motivational structures. Control mechanism, the last basic structure of mental toughness is positively supported by motivational self-talk.