Examination of the relationship between athletes' imagery use and their mindfulness levels

The main purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between athletes' imagery usage and their conscious awareness levels. For this purpose, 235 athletes studying at Bartın University were included in the study. In this study conducted in the relational screening model, three separate forms were used to collect data. These are; "Personal Information Form", "Imagery in Sports Scale" and "Athlete Conscious Awareness Scale". The analysis process of the raw data obtained with the data collection tools was carried out in SPSS (version 26) software. In this process, descriptive statistics as well as independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson correlation tests were used. As a result of the data analysis, significant results were obtained in the participants' conscious awareness scores depending on demographic characteristics such as department, class, national athlete status, age and sports age. In the sports imagery scores, significant results were obtained depending on demographic characteristics such as gender, department, class, national athlete status, age and sports age. Finally, it was determined that there were positive relationships between the sub-dimensions of the scale. In other words, it was determined that the conscious awareness scores of the athletes increased in parallel with the increase in their imagery scores. As a result, depending on these data, it was concluded that there was a positive relationship between the imagery use of the athletes and their conscious awareness levels. Keywords: Athlete, imagery, mindfulness.