Research of the effect of interaction of personality trait and team cohesion on athlete satisfaction

In this study, considering important in terms of sportive success and performane, it is studied with personality trait, team cohesion and athlete satisfaction variables. In research conducted, it is aimed to be clarified the effects of interaction with team cohesion and personality trait on athlete satisfaction level. The demographic information form used in the study and the two questions used to determine the satisfaction from the club were created by the researcher. Also among the scales using; it is benefit from validity and reliability studies being improved by Gosling and his friends (2003) to measure five basic personality, 10-Point Personality Trait Scale by Atak (2013). Scale at issue is formed of five sub-dimesions as extraversion, openness to experience, mansuatude, responsibility, and emotional balance and and internal consistency coefficients of subscales were 86, .83, .81, .84 and .83 respectively. To measure team cohesion, Team Cohesion Scale being improved by Carron and his friends (1985,1987) ,being adapted to Turkish by Öcel and Aydın (2006), consisting of four sub-dimensions as the task appeal of the group, the social appeal of the group, the integration of the group in office and the social integration of the group researcher is used. Internal consistency coefficients of the scale subscales were .73, .69, .76 and .73 respectively. 143 athletes playing amateur football teams in Düzce and Bolu join the study voluntarily. Data were collected by face-to-face interview technique. An unordered cluster sampling method was used in the research. At the end of the research, it is concluded that the social integration of the group and subordinate dimensions of personality traits from the sub - social appeal of the group with extraversion, responsibility, emotional balance and soft head; the group's engagement with duty and the integration of responsibilities and the group of soft-headed people, and the low level of positive relationship between extraversion, responsibility and emotional balance. It is also revealed that there is a low positive correlation between the athletic satisfaction and all sub-dimensions of team discomfort and between personality traits sub-dimensions and outwardness and softness. It's concluded that interaction between team cohesion and personality traits explains 23% of athletes' satisfaction. Keywords: Personality traits, team cohesion, athlete satisfaction.