Esin KAPLAN1
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Dr. Öğretim Üyesi.; Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi.
ekaplan@mehmetakif.edu.tr
ORCID No: 0000-0002-8417-1266
ABSTRACT:
This study aims to examine the role of personality traits in the prediction of
mindfulness and mental toughness in athletes. The study group consists of 307
participants, 101 females and 206 males, aged 21.44 ±4.97, who were
determined by convenience sampling method among licensed athletes. The
Personal Information form, the short form of the Eysenck Personality
Questionnaire (EPQ-S), the Mindfulness Inventory for Sport (MIS), and the
Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) were used as data collection
tools in the study. The data were analyzed by applying path analysis, one of the
tests of structural equation modeling, to determine the effect of different scales
on each other. While Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Psychoticism parameters
have a significant effect on confidence, which is the sub-dimension of mental
toughness (p<0.01*), the Lie parameter has no significant effect (p>0.01). The
Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Lie parameters had a significant effect on the
Constancy sub-dimension (p<0.01*), while the Psychoticism dimension did not
(p>0.01). Additionally, regarding the Control sub-dimension, the Neuroticism
and Psychoticism parameters had a significant effect (p<0.01*), while Lie and
Extraversion parameters did not create significant differences (p>0.01). The Lie
parameter has a significant effect on the Awareness sub-dimension. Regarding
the Refocusing sub-dimension, the Lie parameter was found to have a
significant positive effect (p<0.01*). While the Neuroticism, Extraversion, and
Psychoticism parameters did not have a significant effect on Mindfulness
(p>0.01), the Lie parameter had a positive significant effect (p<0,01). In
conclusion, an interpretation can be made by mentioning personality traits play
a role in mindfulness and mental toughness.
