COACH-ATHLETE RELATIONSHIP AND SPORT PASSION IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationship coach-athlete relationship and sport passions in individual sports. In this context, scales were applied to athletes in Table Tennis, Gymnastic, Karate, and Taekwondo. Participants (n=278) were asked questions with demographic information to obtain personal information. Additionally, "Coach-Athlete Relationship Scale" developed by Jowett and Ntoumanis (2004) and adapted to Turkish by Altinta5 et al. (2012) that has "closeness", "commitment", "complementarity" subdimensions. And "Passion Scale" developed by Vallerand et al. (2003) and adapted to Turkish by Kelecek & Asci (2013) that has "harmonious passion" and "obsessive passion" was applied. Reliability analysis was conducted for this study. Scale items were measured on a seven-point Likert type scale ranging from 1=strongly disagree to 7=strongly agree. To evaluate obtained data, SPSS 20 package program was used. To determine distribution of personal information of participants, percentage (%) and frequency (f) methods among descriptive statistical methods were adopted. To determine whether data had normal distribution, Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test was applied and then it was determined that data complied with parametric test conditions, t-test was applied for two-factor variables and ANOVA test was applied for variables with three or more factors to determine significant differences. Significance level was accepted as p<0.05. Additionally, to prove statistically significant relationship between sub-dimensions, correlation analysis was conducted. According to findings, national athlete participated more than non-national athlete for obsessive passion. When averages were considered, elementary school graduates had participated closeness and commitment sub-dimensions more than undergraduate and master's. Also, less seniority has higher points for closeness, commitment and complimentary sub-dimensions. There was significant and positive relationship between Coach-Athlete and Sport Passion sub-dimensions (p<0.05).