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The purpose of this research; The aim of this study is to examine the self-esteem and decision-making strategies of the students participating in the Orienteering provincial competitions held in Trabzon in the 2021-2022 academic year in terms of some variables. The population of the research is 185 participating in provincial sports competitions; The sample consists of a total of 145 orienteering athletes who voluntarily accepted to participate in the study and were determined by the random method. The Personal Information Form, which was developed by the researcher for the main purpose of the research, and the "Decision Making Scale for Adolescents" (ECVS), whose Turkish adaptation was made by Çolakkadıoğlu (2003), were used as data collection tools in the research. SPSS 24 package program was used in the analysis of the obtained data. In order to determine the difference between the variables in the analysis of the data obtained, the T test for binary variables and the One-Way Anova test for more than two variables were applied. It was concluded that the athletes participating in the study had high self-esteem and decision-making strategies, they preferred prudent selectivity from the sub-dimensions of decision-making styles, followed by the sub-dimensions of indifference, panic and avoidance of responsibility, respectively. It was found that male athlete students had higher self-esteem levels than female athlete students; It was seen that male athlete students preferred the Prudent Selection sub-dimension, while female athlete students preferred the panic decision sub-dimension. İt was understood that the orienteering athletes participating in the research generally preferred the cautious selectivity and panic sub-dimension, but the average score of the participants in the A young category was higher than the participants in the B Young category.

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