Examination of the Relationship Between the Sources of Stress and The Mental Strength of Football Players

Authors : Özcan Öz, Kemal Göral
Pages : 211-224
Doi:10.70007/yalovaspor.1739673
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Publication Date : 2025-10-23
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :This study was carried out to examine the relationships between the sources of stress and mental strength of football players. Football players who played in at least five matches in the 2021-2022 season of regional amateur and professional football leagues participated in the research. A total of 1040 football players, including 702 amateurs and 338 professionals, voluntarily participated in the study. In the study, “Football Coach Athlete Stress Scale” and “Football Media Stress Sources Scale” and “Mental Endurance Inventory in Sports” was used. The findings were first recorded in the SPSS program, and the significance level was accepted as 0.5. The average age of the amateur football players participating in the research is 22.98±4.99 years, the sports age is 10.91±4.19 years, the average age of the professional football players is 25.87±5.17 years, and the sports age is 14.51±3.87 years. A significant difference was found between the two football player groups in both age and sports age (p<0.05). In professional football players, age and media stress: between result/score reflection, education status and media stress: between result/score reflection and mental toughness sub-dimensions, continuity and media stress: negative content; In amateur football players, significant correlations were found between sports age and media stress: negative content, and between marital status and media stress: negative content. As a result, it is thought that media stress is affected by some variables in both amateur and professional athletes, and managing these and similar situations in terms of psychological characteristics, which is considered as one of the factors affecting performance, will contribute to the development of athletes.
Keywords : Futbol, Stres, Zihinsel Dayanıklılık

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