Examining the relationship between elite wrestlers 'sport commitment levels and club coaches' ethical leadership and unethical behaviors

The aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the sports commitment levels of elite wrestlers and the ethical leadership and unethical behaviors of club coaches in terms of some demographic variables. The population of the research consists of Turkish wrestlers registered to the Turkish Wrestling Federation (TGF). The sample of the study consists of 340 elite male wrestlers. "Scale of Commitment to Sports", "Scale of Athlete Perception of Unethical Behaviors of Trainers" and "Ethical Leadership Scale" were used as data collection tools. Percentage and frequency distributions, Pearson Correlation Analysis, t-Test, One-Way ANOVA and Regression Analysis were applied in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the research, while a significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of the Sports Attachment Scale in the context of marital status, wrestling style, education status, sports age and place of residence (p<0.05), in terms of nationality status, mother's education level and father's education level variables, Sports Commitment No significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of the scale (p>0.05). While there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of the Athlete Perception Scale Related to Unethical Behaviors of Trainers in the context of nationality status, wrestling style, educational status, mother's education level, father's education level, sports age and place of residence (p<0.05), in terms of marital status variable no significant difference was found (p>0.05). While a significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of the Ethical Leadership Scale in terms of marital status, nationality status, wrestling style, education status, father's education level, sports age and place of residence (p<0.05), no significant difference was found in the variables of father's education status and place of residence (p>0.05). It is seen that the relationship between the age variable and the Sports Commitment Scale and the Ethical Leadership Scale has a low and negative effect on the results of Pearson Correlation Analysis (r= - 0.151, p<0.01). According to the results of Persons Correlation Analysis, the relationship between the age variable and the Athlete Perception Scale Regarding the Unethical Behaviors of Trainers has a low and positive effect (r= 0.286, p<0.05).According to the results of the Regression Analysis, it was found that there was a negative and significant effect on the unethical behavior of the trainers and their commitment to sports. It is seen that this effect is explained at the rate of 2% (R2=0.255).