The investigation of the relationship between the mental resistance and the output strategies of the sports

The aim of this study is to examine the mental endurance and coping strategies of athletes according to different variables within the general and sub-dimensions. A Toplam of 248 athletes, 71 female athletes and 177 male athletes living in Kütahya, Isparta and Burdur provinces participated in the study. In the research, personal information form for participants; The Coping Strategy Scale developed by Amirkhan (1990) and translated into Turkish by Aysan (1994) was used. The scale has 3 subscales: Social Support, Problem Solving and Avoidance. The scale has 33 questions and a 3-point Likert-type assessment. 1-None, 2-A little, 3-indicates the status of being too. In addition, the Mental Resilience Scale developed by Madrigal et al (2013); Erdoğan (2016) used the version adapted to Turkish. This scale consists of 11 questions and 5-point Likert type. These; 1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Undecided, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree. Scale data collection technique was used in the study. SPSS 21.0 statistical package program was used to evaluate the data. Frequency and mean values were used. Data collection tools were tested for normal distribution. Parametric tests were used because it is suitable for normal distribution. Independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (Anova) test were used for the analysis of the participants' demographic characteristics, mental resilience and coping strategy sub-dimensions. Tukey HSD multiple comparison test, one of the descriptive post-hoc analysis techniques, was performed to determine the groups from which significant difference was determined after one-way ANOVA. Correlation analysis was also performed within the two sub-dimensions of mental stability and coping strategy. According to the results of the study, there is no difference between the gender variable and monthly income and mental endurance of the athletes; According to the status of athletes actively doing sports, the year of doing sports, with the branch they have licensed, their educational status, emotional states and mental resistance were found to be different. In addition, while there is no difference between the strategies of coping with the gender variable and monthly income status of the athletes (along with its sub-dimensions), the status of whether the athletes actively do sports, the year of doing sports, the branch they are doing under license, their educational status and their emotional states coping strategies. Finally; While there was no relationship between mental resilience and social support situations from general coping strategies, there was a relationship between mental resilience and problem solving and avoidance from general coping strategy and sub-dimensions. Keywords: Mental Endurance, Coping, Sport, Sport Psychology