The effect of anxiety in athletes on creativity i̇n sport

This study was conducted to examine the effect of anxiety on athlete creativity in athletes. In the study, which was conducted using the relational screening model, one of the quantitative research methods, the group of the study consisted of a team of 400 athletes in the age range of 18-24, 75 of whom were female and 325 of whom were male, in Balıkesir province. The Sports Anxiety Scale-2, which includes somatic anxiety, anxiety and concentration disorder sub-dimensions developed by Karadağ and Aşçı (2020), was used as a data collection tool. Creativity Scale for Athletes, which was developed by Güngör, Esentürk, İlhan and Yenel (2020) with 19 items and one sub-dimension, was used. In order to determine the total mean scores of the measurement tools, descriptive statistics were used; Independent Sample T-Test was used to compare gender, branch, nationality, type of competition variables with dependent and independent variables; One-Way ANOVA was used to compare exercise frequency with dependent and independent variables; Pearson Correlation was performed to determine the relationship between dependent and independent variables and Simple Linear Regression Analyses were performed to predict the dependent variable. SPSS 24.00 Package Programme was used for data analysis. As a result of the study, it is seen that the anxiety levels of the athletes are not high in general, and the total average score obtained from the creativity scale is 4.05. According to the gender variable, there was a significant difference in the anxiety levels of female athletes compared to male athletes and national athletes compared to non-athletes. It was determined that there was no significant difference in the anxiety levels of the participants according to the variables of sports branch, type of competition and exercise frequency; it was observed that there was no significant difference between creativity and gender, sports branch, nationality and exercise frequency. When the results of the analyses are examined; it is seen that there is a negative moderate relationship between anxiety and athlete creativity, and creativity has a 15% effect on anxiety.