DETERMINING POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES AND BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF BASKETBALL REFEREES

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the positive psychological states and basic psychological needs of basketball referees working in the Turkish Basketball Federation. Methods: A total of 253 participants 39 of whom were women (29.49 ± 7.19 years) and 214 men (28.53 ± 6.05) participated in the study. As a measuring tool in the study, “Shortened Proactive Personality Scale” (Akın et al., 2011), “Subjective Vitality” (Akın, 2011), Flourishing Scale (Akın ve Fidan, 2012) and Subjective Happiness Scale (Akın et al., 2012) and “Basic Psychological Needs Scale” developed by Deci and Ryan (2000) and adapted to Turkish by Kesici Üre et al. (2002) were used. In the analysis of the obtained data Pearson correlation analysis with descriptive statistics was used. The data were analyzed in the SPSS 16 program and the level of significance was accepted as 0.05. Findings: When the findings obtained from the study were examined, the positive psychological states of the basketball referees was found to be positively correlated with the proactive personality, psychological well-being, subjective well-being and subjective happiness and the autonomy, competence and relatedness dimensions of the basic psychological needs scale (p<05). In addition, there was a significant negative correlation between the age of referee and competence (r: -160; p<0.05) and the relatedness (r: -170: p<0.05) sub-scale of basic psychological needs scale. Conclusion: In conclusion, it was determined that the positive psychological states of the referees increase, the basic psychological needs of referees increase as well. Thus, they need to feel more autonomous, more adequate and to establish more social relationships.