Examining the effect of pre-competition anxiety on fair play attitudes of 12-18 year old female volleyball players

This study aims to examine whether the negative behaviors of 12-18 year old female volleyball players during the match, the warnings and card penalties they receive during the match, and whether the anxiety of the athletes before the match has an effect on their fair play attitudes and sportsmanship levels, since it is thought that this is due to pre-match state anxiety. For this purpose, 230 athletes between the ages of 12-18, affiliated with 9 women's volleyball clubs, participated in the midi-junior-star-young girls volleyball provincial championship competitions organized by the Balıkesir Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate in the 2023-2024 season. The universe of the research; It consists of 230 female athletes participating in the midi-junior-star-young girls volleyball provincial championship competitions organized by Balıkesir Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports in the 2023-2024 season. In the method model, the research model is the relational screening model. The relational screening model is the determination of the relationship between two different quantitative variables through the correlation coefficient. In the study, the General Information Form, the State and Trait Anxiety Scale adapted to Turkish, the validity and reliability of which were measured by LeCompte and Öner and developed by Spielberger, and the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale adapted to Turkish by Sezen Balçıkanlı were used as data collection. As a result, balanced state anxiety, respect for rules and management, commitment to responsibilities in sports and respect for the opponent sub-dimensions addressed in multi-dimensional sportsmanship practices are valid, albeit slightly. The anxiety level of the participants is at an average level. While differences were obtained according to the level of state anxiety levels and the sportsmanship year variable, no significant difference was detected according to the school options variable. While differences were obtained in some sub-dimensions in the level of currency of multidimensional sportsmanship performances and the sportsmanship year variables, no difference was detected according to the school variable presented.