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The main objective of this study is to study the relationship between the level of self-talk and mental resilience of athlete students at the Faculty of Sports Sciences. The study was attended by 198 athletes selected by random methods that are studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of the Mediterranean and Gazi Universities. 86 of the participants are women (43.4), 112 are men (56.6%). The personal information form prepared by the researcher for the purpose of the research has been collected with information about socio-demographic variables. According to the purpose of the study; developed by Sheard, Golby and Van Wersch (2009) and made by the Turkish adaptation Altıntaş (2015) with the "Mental Resistance Inventory" developed by Zervas, Stavrouve Psychountaki (2007) and made by the Turkish adaptation Engür (2011) with the "Self Talk Inventory" used. In the analysis of the data obtained, visual statistical methods were used. It has been tested with a multi-regression analysis (phase) of motivational self-talk and cognitive self-talk, which is the subdimensions of self-talk, from the subdimensions of mental resilience, the subdimensions of confidence, the subdimensions of continuity and the subdimensions of control. The relationship between mental resilience and the subdimensions of self-conversation is assessed by Pearson's correlation analysis. The analysis was also considered to be the meaning level p< 0.05 and the analysis was also used by the SPSS 25.0 package program.  As a result of this study, a weak positive relationship between the motivational self-talk subdimensional and the level of mental resilience has been identified, while a positive middle-intensive relationship between the cognitive self-talk subdimensional and the level of mental resilience has been identified. The underdimensional dimension of motivational self-conversation has been found to be manidal in the influence dimension of mental resistance to the continuity, and the discourse dimension of cognitive self-conversation is manidal in the influence dimension of confidence in mental resistance.

Özet:

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between self-talk levels and mental toughness levels of student-athletes in the sports sciences faculty.A total of 198 student-athletes participating in the study were randomly selected from the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Akdeniz and Gazi Universities. Eighty-six of the participants were female (43.4), and 112 were male (56.6%). In the research, information about socio-demographic variables was collected by the Personal Information Form created by the researcher. To achieve the purpose of the study, Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire which was developed by Sheard, Golby and Van Wersch (2009) and adapted to Turkish language by Altıntaş (2015); and Self-Talk Questionnaire, which was developed by Zervas, Stavrouve Psychountaki (2007)and adapted to Turkish language by Engür (2011) were used. Descriptive statistics were applied in analysis of obtained data. Multiple regression analysis (stepwise) was used to test whether motivational self-talk and cognitive self-talk, which are sub-dimensions of self-talk, predict confidence, continuity and control which are sub-dimensions of mental toughness. The relationship between mental toughness and self-talk subscales was assessed by Pearson Correlation coefficient. Analysis was performed by using SPSS, and research significance was accepted as p<0,05. As a result of this research, while a weak positive correlation was noted between motivational self-talk levels and the level of mental toughness, there was a moderate positive relationship between cognitive self-talk levels and the level of mental toughness.Moreover, the effect size of the subdimension of the mental flexibility continuity of the Motivational Self-talk sub-dimension was found to be significant with the effect size of the cognitive self-confidence dimension.  

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