Investigation of athletes who do fighting sports at different levels and athletes in other sports in terms of assertiveness levels

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the level of assertiveness of Physical Education students who are engaged in combat sports (Karate, Taekwondo, Boxing etc.) and other sports (Football, Basketball, Volleyball etc.) according to different variables (age, gender, university, place of birth, type of sports branch, sports background, sports level, success in sports, how they define themselves in daily life). The sample of this study was composed of 420 students who are getting education in Afyon Kocatepe University, Dumlupinar University, Erciyes University, Kirikkale University Department of Physical Education and Sports. Rathus Assertiveness Inventory was used as data collection tool. Frequency (f) and percentage (%) were used to determine the distribution of participants' demographic information. SPSS 20.0 (Statistical Science for Social Science) program was used for statistical analysis. Independent t Test, One-way Anova Test (Shapiro-wilk test), Univariate Tests (two-way Anova) were used for comparison of three or more groups. As a result of the research, no significant differences were found between the assertiveness level of the athletes and gender, age, university, place of education, type of sports branch, athletic history, athletic level, success in sports and self-identification.