Investigation of the effect of cognitive flexibility levels of football arbiters on their mental well-being levels

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of cognitive flexibility levels of football arbiters on their mental well-being levels. The sample of our study consists of 342 individuals who are football arbiters in different cities of Turkey. The Cognitive Flexibility Scale, a scale developed by Martin and Rubin (1995) consisting of 12 items and a single dimension, was used in the study with a 6-point Likert-type scale, and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, a 7-item scale consisting of positive statements, was developed by Tennant and colleagues (2007) using a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = Never 5 = Always). A 7-question personal information form created by the researcher was used. The data collected online was analyzed in the SPSS program. As a result of the analysis, it was observed that there was a positive and moderately significant relationship between the cognitive flexibility levels of football arbiters and their mental well-being levels. In addition, the research results determined that the cognitive flexibility and mental well-being levels of football arbiters showed statistically significant differences when compared with gender, age, education level, undergraduate status and non-refereeing profession variables.