INVESTIGATION OF FUTURE TIME PERCEPTIONS OF ADOLESCENT ATHLETES IN TERMS OF SOME VARIABLES

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study “is to examine the perception of future time of adolescent athletes in terms of some variables such as age, gender, type of sport, breadth sub-dimension. Method: Participation of 13–18-year-old athlete adolescents in the adolescence period, which was chosen randomly, was provided on a voluntary basis. Participants in the survey in order to determine the future time perception scores Husman and Shell (1996) was developed by, Avcı and Erden (2009) adapted to Turkish, validity and reliability study were used to scale. In order to determine the distribution of socio-demographic information of the participants in the study; Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to determine descriptive statistics and significant differences since they did not show a normal distribution. “p < 0.05”. Results: In the study, it was determined that there was a significant difference only in the width sub-dimensions in the variables of gender, age and sport type. Conclusions: it was determined that there was a significant difference at the p<0.05 level between age, sport type and the width sub-dimension of the perception of future time, while there was no significant difference in the other sub-dimensions. Considering that insufficient studies have been conducted on the perception of future time of adolescent athletes, it is important that coaches do not focus only on the physical performance of athletes, but also do studies that will contribute to their development, taking into account their psychological needs.”