Çar Bekir, Kurtoglu Ahmet, Eken Özgür, Baskonus Turan, Elkholi Safaa M
Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching, Faculty of Sport Science, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Faculty of Sport Science, Balikesir, Turkey.
Department of Coaching, Faculty of Sport Science, Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Balikesir, Turkey.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 May 16;104(20):e42526. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000042526.
Physical strength alone is not enough in today's sports' society, where athletes' performance is geared around winning; the body's demand for mental training is growing every day. The aim of this study is to examine the mental endurance, mental training and emotional intelligence levels of elite level individual athletes; to evaluate the relationships between these psychological variables in a multifactorial structure and to determine whether these variables show significant differences according to demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education level and duration of sportsmanship. This will offer useful strategies to maximize the performance of elite athletes. In this cross-sectional study, a quantitative research method was applied using the survey model. A total of 242 elite Turkish athletes competing in individual sports branches in the Turkish National Teams in 2023 to 2024 participated in the study. Athletes' data was gathered and examined between January 02 and March 02, 2024. The data were collected using the Sport Mental Endurance Inventory, Sport Mental Training Inventory, and Sport Emotional Intelligence Scale. Nonparametric tests were applied for statistical analysis. The findings of this study showed that there were significant differences in mental endurance, mental training, and emotional intelligence levels according to gender, age, and sport branch variables. It was found that male athletes aged between 26 to 33 years had higher levels of mental endurance and emotional intelligence. In addition, it was determined that female athletes aged 21 years and over had higher levels of mental training and emotional intelligence. High positive correlations were found between mental endurance and emotional intelligence and between mental training and emotional intelligence. The development of mental endurance and emotional intelligence is of great importance for elite athletes to improve their success and performance. These findings suggest that mental endurance and emotional intelligence levels of athletes may differ according to demographic characteristics such as gender, age, and sport branches. These factors may have significant effects on athletes' performances.
在当今的体育社会中，仅靠体力是不够的，在这个运动员的表现以获胜为导向的社会里，身体对心理训练的需求与日俱增。本研究的目的是检验优秀个人项目运动员的心理耐力、心理训练和情商水平；评估这些心理变量在多因素结构中的关系，并确定这些变量是否因性别、年龄、教育水平和运动年限等人口统计学特征而存在显著差异。这将为最大限度提高优秀运动员的表现提供有用的策略。在这项横断面研究中，采用调查模型应用了定量研究方法。共有242名在2023年至2024年土耳其国家队个人体育项目中参赛的优秀土耳其运动员参与了该研究。运动员的数据在2024年1月2日至3月2日期间收集并进行分析。数据通过体育心理耐力量表、体育心理训练量表和体育情商量表收集。采用非参数检验进行统计分析。本研究结果表明，心理耐力、心理训练和情商水平在性别、年龄和运动项目变量上存在显著差异。发现年龄在26至33岁之间的男性运动员具有较高的心理耐力和情商水平。此外，确定21岁及以上的女性运动员具有较高的心理训练和情商水平。心理耐力与情商之间以及心理训练与情商之间存在高度正相关。心理耐力和情商的发展对于优秀运动员提高成绩和表现至关重要。这些发现表明，运动员的心理耐力和情商水平可能因性别、年龄和运动项目等人口统计学特征而有所不同。这些因素可能对运动员的表现产生重大影响。
