THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL PHYSIQUE ANXIETY and SELF-CONFIDENCE: A RESEARCH ON ELITE ICE HOCKEY PLAYERS

Uyar Y.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EURASIAN EDUCATION AND CULTURE, vol.8, no.21, pp.896-912, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between social physique anxiety and selfconfidence in elite ice hockey players. This research is quantitative research and has been prepared according to the principles of the screening model. The population of the research consists of 221 ice hockey players who played in the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation U18 and U20 leagues in the 2020-2021 season. The research sample consists of 112 ice hockey players selected by convenience sampling method from the specified universe. In the study, the personal information form including questions about the demographic information of the participants, the social appearance anxiety scale developed by Hart et al., (2008) and adapted to Turkish by Doğan (2010), and the self-confidence scale developed by Akın (2007) were used. Cronbach Alpha coefficients were used for the reliability of the measurement tools, and the skewness and kurtosis values were examined for the normality distribution of the data. Pearson Correlation Analysis was used to determine the relationship between social physique anxiety and selfconfidence, while differences between groups were determined by independent sample t-test and OneWay Anova. In the study, it was observed that there was a statistically significant difference in the social physique anxiety scale only according to the gender variable, while no significant difference was found in any of the other variables and scales. In addition, it was observed that there was a low-level negative relationship between social physique anxiety and self-confidence levels of elite ice hockey players.