The Relationship with Self Esteem Between Assertiveness Levels of Sub-Elite In-Door Soccer Players

Year 2015, Volume 3 (Special Issue 1), 156 - 162, 27.07.2015

Serdar Sucan , Mehmet Turan Osman Pepe Doğan Doğan

https://doi.org/10.14486/IJSCS271

Abstract

The aim of this study was investigated the relationship with self esteem between assertiveness levels of sub-elite in-door soccer players. For this aim, 18–28 aged, 86 male and 91 female athletes studying 7 universities which joined in-door soccer championship of Turkish University Sport Federation was participated to study volunteerly.
Participants were performed socio- demographic data formi Rathus Assertiveness Schedule and Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. Data were analyzed by using IBM SPSS (version 20.0). Spearman Correlation parameter calculated in order to comment the relationship with data, Multiple regretion analysis was performed for the predictive power of self-esteem for assertiveness levels of participants. According to analysis, a positive relationship was found between self esteem and assertivenes levels and it was found that self-esteem levels predictived assertiveness levels substantially.
As a result of this study, high self-eseteemed athletes could transfer their feelings to others and could increase their assertiveness levels. It was known that highly self-esteemed athletes could increase their performance. Therefore, we could say that necessary studies about athletes’ gaining assertiveness behaviors, should take part of primary studies of trainers.

Keywords

In-door Soccer, Self-Esteem, Assertiveness

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