scholarly journals Investigation of Mental Toughness Levels of Individuals Who Actively Do Sports: A Sample of the City of Elazig

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Yakup Kilic ◽  
Eyyup Yildirim

The aim of this study is to investigate the mental toughness levels of individuals who actively do sports in the face of events they face during sportive performances. Mental toughness is among the psychological characteristics to achieve the highest performance by athletes and coaches. Mental toughness is also important in terms of evaluating the performances of athletes and support their development. The population of the study consisted of individuals who actively do sports in the city of Elazig while the sample of the study consisted of 156 active athletes, who were chosen by the simple random sampling method. As the data collection tools, the personal information form, which was created by the researchers, and the Mental Toughness Scale (MTS), which was developed by Madrigal et al. (2013) and adapted into Turkish by Nevzat Erdogan by 2016, were used. In conclusion, of the athletes who participated in the study, it was observed that male athletes had higher levels of mental toughness compared to female athletes according to the gender variable. Furthermore, no significant differences were observed in terms of the variables of marital status, age, educational status, sports experience and sports branch.

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2951-2953
Author(s):  
Kenan Sivrikaya ◽  
Aygül Çağlayan Tunç ◽  
Leyla Alizadehebadi ◽  
Selçuk Tarakçi

Background: Assertiveness, which is defined as the way individuals express themselves and as a part of healthy life, is among the prominent features of people who do sports. Assertiveness is an element that increases the quality of people's relationships with their environment. Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the assertiveness scores of the athletes engaged in individual sports in different branches according to independent variables. Methods: The research was designed according to the relational screening model. The sample of the research; The sample consists of 201 participants selected by simple random sampling method among the athletes dealing with different individual sports branches. The branches of the athletes; (Consists of taekwondo and cycling sports) Results: In the study, the personal information form created by the researcher to collect information about the independent variables (gender, age,) that are thought to be effective in the research, and the Rathus Assertiveness Inventory (RAE) were used. It is seen that 1% of the participants are in the avoidant group, 88.6% are in the moderately avoidant group, and 10.6% are in the assertive group. Conclusion: When the assertiveness scale mean scores of the participants by gender are examined, it is seen that the level of assertiveness by gender does not differ statistically significantly. When the assertiveness scale mean scores of the participants according to age are examined, it is seen that the level of assertiveness according to age does not differ statistically significantly. Keywords: Assertiveness, individual sport, Taekwondo, Cycling.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (04) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
ST HATIDJA ◽  
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Amiruddin TAWE ◽  
Chalid I. MUSA ◽  
La HALISU ◽  
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The purpose of this study is to analyze how the capabilities of business performance in creative culinary ventures in Makassar City, Indonesia. Data were obtained from sources using a questionnaire distributed to 1,402 entrepreneurs in the small and medium business category. The sampling method is probability sampling with simple random sampling technique. The number of samples in this study was determined using the Slovin formula of 311 people, totalling 197 respondents who received the questionnaire in full. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with structural equation modelling techniques. The research findings explain dynamic capabilities that are important for enhancing innovation and business performance, as well as to assist future researchers to examine other factors that are predictors in improving business performance.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 352-360
Author(s):  
Andressa Paganini ◽  
Elaine Caroline Boscatto ◽  
Adriano Slongo

O bolão 16 é uma modalidade esportiva onde o objetivo é derrubar nove pinos posicionados ao final de uma pista de madeira com uma bola maciça. Exige técnica, inteligência e concentração. Tendo em vista a escassez de estudos na literatura e a necessidade de aprofundar conhecimentos neste esporte específico, foi realizada a presente pesquisa para investigar a incidência de lesões e fatores relacionados às mesmas em atletas do sexo feminino, praticantes da modalidade na cidade de Caçador/SC. Trata-se de estudo transversal, descritivo, com análise quanti-qualitativa dos dados. Foi aplicado um questionário de formulário próprio para investigar informações pessoais, índice de massa corporal, tempo de jogo, dores e lesões articulares, hábitos relacionados à prática da modalidade e de outras atividades físicas. Participaram do estudo 11 atletas, com idades entre 18 a 56 anos e média de IMC 27,25 kg/m2. O tempo de prática variou de 10 meses a 27 anos. A maioria das participantes utiliza o braço direito para o lançamento e a perna esquerda para o apoio ao final do arremesso, demonstrando um movimento harmônico. No entanto, possuem alto índice de lesões/dores articulares, tendo a articulação mais acometida por dores a do joelho, seguida de quadril. Sobre o hábito de aquecimento e alongamento, todas as atletas afirmaram que o realizam; contudo foi verificado que a metade das atletas tem como prática de atividade física exclusiva o bolão, sendo necessário o incentivo a práticas preventivas voltadas ao esporte, além de orientação para a técnica adequada evitando desgaste físico entre outras consequências.Palavras-chave: Esportes. Traumatismos em atletas. Articulações. ABSTRACT: The ninepin it’s a sports mode where play mens and womens, with the objetive is drop the nine pin in the end of wooden track, with the solid ball. It requires technique, intelligence and concentration. Given the scarcity of studies in the literature and the need to deepen knowledge in this specific sport, the present research was carried out to investigate the incidence of injuries and related factors in female athletes, practitioners of the sport in the city of Caçador in Santa Catarina state. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with quantitative qualitative data analysis. A questionnaire was used to investigate personal information, body mass index, playing time, pain and joint injuries, habits related to the practice of the sport and other physical activities. Eleven athletes, aged 18 to 56 years, with a mean BMI of 60,075 pounds ft.sq, participated of this study. Regarding the training time, it ranged from 10 months to 27 years. Most athletes use the right arm for the throw and the left leg for support at the end of the pitch, demonstrating a harmonious movement. However, they have a high index of lesions/joint pain, and the joint is more affected by pain in the knee, followed by hip pain. On the warm-up and stretching habit, all athletes stated that they perform it. However, it was verified that half of the athletes have a practice of exclusive physical activity the ninepin, being necessary the incentive to preventive practices oriented to the sport, besides orientation for the appropriate technique avoiding physical wear among other consequences.Keywords: Sports. Athletic injuries. Joint.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Emre Suzer ◽  
Mustafa Koc

In this study, it was aimed to examine teachers’ level of phubbing and being phubbed in terms of various variables. The study was designed as a survey research with a target population of teachers working in the Turkish public schools during the 2020-2021 academic years. The sample was formed using a convenience sampling method and made up of 307 (141 female, 166 male) teachers whose ages ranged from 23 to 64. Research data were collected through a questionnaire including “Personal Information Form”, “Generic Scale of Phubbing (GSP)” and “Generic Scale of Being Phubbed (GSBP)”. Descriptive statistics, correlation analyses and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) tests were conducted for the analysis of the collected data. As a result of the research, participating teachers’ level of phubbing and being phubbed were determined as moderate level. There was no significant difference in terms of gender, educational status and branch variables. Regarding marital status variable, nomophobia and self-isolation levels of single teachers were found to be higher than those of married ones. Age was found to be negatively and weakly correlated with the levels of self-isolation. In addition, the levels of phubbing were found to be positively and moderately associated with the levels of being phubbed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 48-57
Author(s):  
Yahya Eko Nopiyanto ◽  
Septian Raibowo ◽  
Gilang Ugo Prabowo

The study of athletes’ psychological characteristics in the education and students training center (PLPP) Bengkulu needs to be conducted as an effort to fix athletes’ training and achievement in PLPP Bengkulu. The purpose of this study was to determine the psychological difference between male and female athletes in the education and student training center (PPLP) of Bengkulu. Type of this research was quantitative with a comparative design. The subjects in this research were 26 athletes, namely 6 athletic athletes, 4 weight lifting athletes, 8 wrestling athletes, 4 karate athletes, and 4 boxing athletes. The data collection technique was conducted with the psychological skills inventory for sports that adopted from Mahoney, Gabriel & Perkins, (1987). Validity of the instrument is 0,21–0,35 and the reliability is 0,890. Data were analyzed using t-test with a significant level of 0.05. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be seen that male athletes have a mean of 133.52 while female athletes have a mean value of 142.72 and significant value 0f 0,60>0.05.  From results of this research, it was concluded that there were no difference in the psychological characteristics between male and female athletes in the education and students training center (PPLP) of Bengkulu. For the next researcher is expected to able using more samples and adding other research variables such as training of psychological skill and athletes personalities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1872
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Putu Eka Erawati Dewi ◽  
Ni Made Rastini

The purpose of this study was to find out the antecedents of the intention to buy the face shop environmentally friendly cosmetic products in the city of Denpasar. This research was conducted in Denpasar City. The number of samples taken was 100 samples using the purposive sampling method. Data collection was done by questionnaire with a 1-5 Likert scale. The analysis technique used is the analysis of Multiple Linear Regression. Based on the results of the analysis it was found that customer value had a significant positive effect on attitudes, attitudes had a significant positive effect on purchase intention, subjective norms had a significant positive effect on purchase intention and behavioral control had a significant positive effect on purchase intention. The face shop should build good relationships with consumers by becoming a listener and providing solutions to consumer cosmetic needs. The strategy that can be applied to the face shop to increase the intention to buy consumers is to be able to carry out promotions into customer specific targets every month or use vouchers. Keywords: customer value, attitude, subjective norms, behavioral control, purchase intention


Author(s):  
Mikhail Starov ◽  
Raisa Kulichenko ◽  
Esedulla Osmanov

We discuss modern unexplored problem of life. The purpose of our scientific research is to find ways and means to help former female and male athletes who find themselves in difficult situations after active sports, and to assist them in becoming subjects of their future life, that is fully rehabilitated in the Russian society. In connection with the tasks we have clarified and presented in the causes, according to which the subjects were in a situation of stress. Further, the strategies of psychological protection of coping with former persons of different sex, age, individ-ual psychological characteristics, previously engaged in sports in the process of their social reha-bilitation are considered and defined. The novelty of the work is that the study was conducted on the example of former female and male athletes at the present stage of development of the Russian society and the role of sport in the formation of personality.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Kırımoğlu ◽  
Ekrem Levent İlhan ◽  
Gürhan Kayıhan ◽  
Umut Mert Aksoy ◽  
Atike Yılmaz

This research focused on evaluation of dissociative lives of male disabled athletes who played in teams of amputee football league and regional wheelchair basketball league. In this research; general survey method, one of the descriptive research methods, was used. As data collection tools; “Personal Information Form”, “Household Income Form” and “The Dissociation Scale Questioner” were used. A total of 92 male disabled participants (55 amputee football players and 37 wheelchair basketball players) were included in the study.There were no significant statistical differences between participants’ dissociation levels and age, educational status, marital status, whether or not being a national player and employment status. However; there was statistically significant difference in terms of use of prostheses-use, sportive branch, household income and time of disability.It may be argued that acquired traumatic events that occur after birth have stronger traumatic life levels/effects compared to congenital traumatic events that occur before or during birth


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Muhammad Anis Zawawi

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the perception of senior wushu athletes in the exercise program with achievement motivation in the face of Provincial Sports Week (PORPROV) in 2019. This study uses population studies on wushu athletes who are incorporated in Puslatkot in Kediri City with the number of athletes of 14 people consisting of 6 female athletes and 8 male athletes. The data collection tool used is the perception scale of the senior wushu athlete in the exercise program with the validity value of 0.302 - 0.886 and the reliability of 0.949 and the achievement motivation scale with the validity value of 0.452 - 0.873 and reliablitas 0,962. Data analysis using Pearson product moment correlation technique. Based on data analysis done by using product moment correlation test, obtained correlation coefficient value (r) 0,477; p = 0,000 (p <0,05) it means there is positive and significant relation between perception of senior wushu athlete in training program with achievement motivation in senior wushu athletes.


Nuansa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahimandani

This study  aims  to: first, to find and  analyze the correlation and  effect of ethnic background of the selecting preferences in the  mayor  election of Bengkulu City in 2012. Second, to find and  analyze whether there was a shift or change in preferences based on ethnic backgrounds in the elections of the Mayor of Bengkulu City between 2007 and2012.This study applied a quantitative approach that classified as causal explanatory descriptive and comparative study. This research is located in the  Bengkulu City by taking  a sample of 100 respondents by simple random sampling method. To answer the  first research objective, statistical analysis is used  multinomial logistic  regression analysis, whereas to answer the second research purposes used  non-parametric statistical analysis of the Mc Nemar test.The results of the  data  analysis shows  there are significance correlation and  influence of the  ethnic background with preference vote in the election of Mayor and  Deputy Mayor of Bengkulu City in 2012. Specifically,  ethnic background influence someone to choose candidate for Mayor and  Deputy Mayor from ethnic Serawai  - Minang, Serawai  - Beng- kulu City, and Serawai - Palembang. Then, there was a preference change to choose based on ethnic background in the elections of the city of Bengkulu in 2007 with the election in 2012. Voter preferences based on ethnicity has declined in2012 compared to 2007


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