The Relationship of Use of Imagery in Sports with Athletic Mental Energy

Authors : Esin KAPLAN, Berkan BOZDAĞ

Pages : 892-903

Doi:10.38021/asbid.1162677

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Publication Date : 2022-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Mental energy is key for athletes, as sports performance depends on specific psychological characteristics. The fact that imagery is a mental method used to increase sportive performance reveals the necessity of handling it together with mental energy. The study, it was aimed to determine the effect of the mental athletic energy levels perceived by the athletes on their use of imagery and also to determine whether there is a significant difference between the demographic characteristics of the athletes. The study group of the research consists of a total of 303 athletes. As a data collection tool in the study, the \`Personal Information Form\` created by the researchers, the \`Sports Imagery Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SIQ);\`, and the \`Athletic Mental Energy Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AMES);\` were used. As a result, when the values of the use of imagery in sports were examined, a statistically significant difference was observed in favor of athletes in the cognitive imagery sub-dimension. A statistically significant difference was observed in favor of team sport in the Athletic Mental Energy Scale subdimension of composed. Also, it is seen that there are generally positive and moderately significant relationships in the relationship of the scales. In conclusion, male athletes\` mental imagery levels were higher than female athletes. It is seen that the composition levels of the athletes who are interested in team sports are higher than the athletes who do individual sports. In addition, the changes in the mental athletic energy level perceived by the athletes affect the level of the athlete\`s use of imagery.
Keywords : imgeleme kullanımı, spor, atletik zihinsel enerji