The Determination of the Relationship between Sportspersonship Orientations and Positive Thinking Levels of the Athletes Engaged in Different Sports Branches

Ünsal Tazegül,Ozan Esmer

doi:10.13189/ujer.2018.060818

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between sportspersonship orientations and positive thinking levels of the athletes in the team branch. In this study, Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale and Positive Thinking Skills Scale were used as data collection tools. Portable IBM SPSS Statistics v20 software package was also used to analyze the data. For analyses of the data, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient analysis were applied in the analysis of the data. As a result, it was determined that there is a positive relationship between athletes' positive thinking scores and adherence to social norms, respect for rules and officials and respect for opponent.

Highlights

The concept of sportspersonship is related with normative standards on the relationship between social and moral values
As a result of descriptive statistics analysis it was determined that the highest score in positive thinking belongs to the football players and the lowest score belongs to the athletics players; the highest score in adherence to the social norms belongs to the swimming players and the lowest score belongs to the boxing players; the highest score in respect for rules and management belongs to handball players and the lowest score belongs to swimming. it is determined that the highest score in adherence to responsibilities in sports belongs to basketball players and the lowest score belongs to the swimming players, and the highest score in respect for opponent belongs to football players and the lowest score belongs to the swimming players
According to the results of descriptive statistical analysis, it was determined that the positive thinking score of football players is better than the other athletes in the scope of the study

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Introduction

The concept of sportspersonship is related with normative standards on the relationship between social and moral values. Sportspersonship reveals virtuous behavioral tendencies that promote how to behave in accordance with the spirit of sports [1]. In this theory, modelling and reinforcement determine the appropriate and non-competitive behavior of athletes in competitive situations. The second approach reveals the concepts and especially, moral logic in the structural development models. This approach demonstrates the influence of aggression on one person’s capacity of reconciliation through moral dialogue, suggesting similar tendencies associated with sportspersonship. In the socio-psychological approach, there are three key elements and they are sportspersonship orientation, the development of the sportspersonship orientation and behaviors towards sportspersonship [3]. Vallerand and Loser explain the socio-psychological model as the relationship between sportspersonship and personal decision. Vallerand and Loser explain the socio-psychological model as the relationship between sportspersonship and personal decision. [4]

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