A study of the mental models of elite handball players in terms of personality characteristics

The aim of this research is to examine the mental models of male and female handball players playing in the Turkish handball super league in terms of personality traits. 145 handball players between the ages of 15-41 participated in the research. The research was conducted 1.5 months before the end of the Turkish Handball Super League 2020-2021 season. Athletes' Age, Gender, Which team they play, Position they play, How many years have they played handball, How many years have they played in the same team, The highest achievement in handball so far, How many different teams they have played so far, 9 questions to get the information they want their coach to be male or female. information form was used.Factor structure of "Shared Mental Models in Team Sports Questionnaire" developed by Gershgoren (2012) to determine mental models of athletes Işık, U., and Gümüşgül, O. (2020).The Turkish form of the shared mental models scale in team sports, where both 13 and 3 sub-dimensions of the scale were tested for validity and reliability, was used. foresight (4 items), getting to know each other (4 items), creativity (4 items), experience (2 items) sub-dimensions, in the Situational Cognition upper dimension; maximizing skill (4 items), players' position compatibility (4 items), balance (4 items), coach-athlete compatibility (3 items), team cohesion (3 items) and team goals (5 items) in the General Cognition sub-dimension; Self-efficacy (4 items), the competence of others (4 items), and team competence (4 items) sub-dimensions are examined in the Efficiency Beliefs upper dimension. Işık, U., and Gümüşgül, O. (2020).The Shared Mental Models Scale in Team Sports, which was found to be suitable for Turkish athletes as a result of the study, was also used for this study in order to evaluate the general characteristics of shared mental models and to measure the evaluations of team members about their specific and general cognitive structures and effectiveness beliefs. In order to examine the mental models of the athletes in terms of personality traits, those who evaluate the personality in the dimensions of neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism and also The Turkish version of the 24-item Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised/Abridged Form (Francis et al. 1992), which is a control lying subscale, Karancı, AN, Dirik, G., & Yorulmaz, O. ( 2007). Standardization of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) into Turkish, which is widely used in the international literature and was reduced to 16 questions in 2006, within the scope of the survey and research conducted by Atay, S. (2009). The narcissistic personality inventory made by. As a result, Pearson correlation analysis was used to understand whether there was a significant relationship between the mental models shared among handball players and personality traits, and t-test analysis was used in independent groups. According to the analysis, no significant relationship was found between the sub-dimensions of the mental models scale and personality traits. In addition, no significant relationship was found between the sub-dimensions of the mental models scale and narcissistic personality traits (p>0.05). Keywords: Athlete, Handball, Mental Model, Shared Mental Models, Personality, Narcissistic Personality