The effect of creative drama program on communication, self confidence and team cohesion: the example of elite female volleyball athletes

In this study, an experimental research model with pretest-posttest control group was applied in order to determine the effect of the creative drama program on the conformity, communication and confidence levels of elite female volleyball players. Three different scales were used in the study. These ; Communication Competence Scale (Wiemann, 1977; Koca and Erigüç 2017), Sources of Self-Confidence in Sports (Walley et al., 1988; Miçoğulları and Kirazcı, 2010), Team Collaboration Inventory (Carron et al., 1985; Forgetz , Kiremitçi and Gencer, 2011) ) . Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient Confidence in Sports Resources of the scale, the first team calculated Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.864, both calculated on the team, nc Cronbach Alpha coefficient value is 0.955, Cronbach Alpha coefficient value calculated in the third team is 0.939. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient value of the scale regarding the resources of the team members is an indicator of the homogeneity of the measurement tool, the Cronbach Alpha coefficient calculated in the first team is 0.713, the Cronbach Alpha coefficient calculated in the second team is 0.616, and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient calculated in the third team is 0.731. Scale level, of communication resource Cronbach 's alpha coefficient value is first set in the calculation of Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.793, as calculated in the second team Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.858, as calculated in the third set Cronbach The alpha coefficient value is 0.685. The analysis of the data was carried out in a package program named SPSS 26 .0 . In the analysis of the data , descriptive statistics were made within and between groups. Considering these findings, it was observed that the groups were distributed parametrically . Kula been experimenting with scales and preliminary tests we & test control group was made a comparative analysis between the pre & post-test, ANOVA, this analysis' is used. Post Hoc Tukey test was used if there were significant results between them as a result of this analysis . Multiple Regression analysis was used in the research to see the level of functional relationship. Linear relationships were found between these variables. Pearson Corelation test was used to see the correlation coefficient between each variable . This research was conducted with 30 elite female volleyball players from the Küçükçekmece volleyball club, in the 2020-2021 Turkish professional volleyball league. All of the experimental group are secondary school graduates. The control group , a graduate degree is 13.3% . The average age in the 30-person athlete group is 15 , the experimental group is at least 13, at most 17, and the control group is at least 13 and at most 26 years old. According to the findings, the effect of the 8-session creative drama program on the level of harmony, self-confidence and communication in the athletes showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the volleyball players who received creative drama training (experimental group) and volleyball players who did not receive creative drama training (control group). In the literature review conducted in line with the purpose of the research, the fact that no study was found in which the effect of creative drama program on communication, self-confidence and team cohesion was measured in athletes reveals the originality of this study. It is thought that this study, which was designed based on the requirement that scientific knowledge can rise gradually , will shed light on scientists, psychological performance counselors, sports managers, coaches , athletes and new researchers and will contribute to the literature by filling an important gap in the literature.