Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to examine the courage and mental toughness of elite Turkish male American football players. The study group consists of 231 American football players, with a mean age of 22.14±3.67 year and with a sports experience of 3.29±2.43 year. As data collection tool, ‘Personal Information Form’ ‘Mental Toughness Scale’ and ‘Sport Courage Scale’ were conducted face to face with the participants. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, t test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used. It was observed that there is a significant positive relation between sub-dimensions of mental toughness scale and sub-dimensions of courage scale. It was understood that there is a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of mental toughness based on age and competence-mastership, hardiness and being self-giving sub-dimensions of courage in sports scale in favor of sportspeople who are 24 years old or older. When it was evaluated based on sports year, there was a significant difference in favor of players doing sports for 5 years and more in the trust and continuity sub-dimensions of mental toughness scale and competence-mastership, determination and hardiness sub-dimensions of courage in sports scale. There was a significant difference in favor of players doing sports for 3 years and more in the trust and continuity sub-dimensions of mental toughness scale and competence-mastership and hardiness sub-dimensions of courage in sports scale, when it was evaluated based on the working time of the players with their coaches. Based on American football players’ playing at national team, it was clear that there was a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of courage in sports scale in favor of the sportspeople playing at national team. It was observed that mental toughness and courage in sports levels increase as the ages, years doing sports, the time of working with a coach of the American football players increase.
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