Investigation on the Level of Assertiveness of the Athletes who Participated in Turkey Universities Super League Soccer Games
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Sciences and Education - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of assertiveness of the athletes who participated in 2014-2015 Turkey Universities Super League Soccer Games (Males,KocfestGrand Final). The group of subject consists 242 soccer players of 374 undergraduate soccer players who participated from different universities in the 2014-2015 academic year.In scope of the study, for demographic information, “Personal Information Form” including four questions (class, sport age and license degree), has been used. To determine the level of assertiveness, 30 items Rathus Assertiveness Inventory, which is developed by Rathus (1977) and translated to Turkish by Voltan (1980)was used. Data were analyzed with statistical software package and Comments are supported by tables. The significance level was taken as p<0.05.As a result; while there is not a significant difference in the level of assertiveness compared to class, sport year and license degree, it was observed that the general level of assertiveness of the undergraduate soccer players has a high range.
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Oguzhan Altungul
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