Investigation of decision making styles and self confidence levels of football referees i̇n different classifications

The analyzing of decision-making style of football referees in the different divisions and their confidence level in terms of some variables are aimed in the study. Football referees of different divisions in the 2015-2016 season in Turkey generate the study population. 178 football referees who assigned in the different divisions in Eastern Anatolia Region generate the study population. Demographic information; "Personal Data Form "in 10 questions, Decision-making styles is determined by using "Melbourne Decision-Making Scale" developed by Mann and Ark. (1998), Confidence level is determined by using "Self-Confidence Scale" developed by Akın (2007). Data are evaluated by SPSS 22.0 statistical package program and the level of significance is taken p<0.05. T test is used in the dual comparisons, Anova test is used in more than two comparisons. Considering the self-confidence level of football referees according to obtained data; according to age variable, 26-30 year old football referees are found to be significant differences in comparison with 21-25 year old football referees in terms of point averages. (p<0.05) According to professional years it's determined that the self-confidence level of referees who have 7 years and older seniority in refereeing is higher than self-confidence level of referees who have 1-3 year seniority. (p<0.05) Considering decision-making style and self-respect in decision-making the significant differences are found in their divisions, professional and educational level and monthly income level. (p<0.05) As a result, it's determined that when refereeing years and educational level are increased self-respect and careful decision-making style in decision-making are increased positively, avoidant, postpone and panic decision-making styles are affected negatively, decision-making styles of married referees are increased positively. It's concluded that refereeing years, educational level, monthly income and the divisions affect significantly on self-respect, decision-making styles and self-confidence of referees to be sufficient. Keywords: Football, Referee, Division, Decision-Making, Self-Confidence