Examining Self-Esteem of Amateur Football Players in Terms of Some Variables

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the selfesteem of amateur footballers in terms of some demographic variables. The population of the study consists of amateur male football players playing in Turkish Football Federation's amateur leagues in the provinces of Rize and Trabzon. The sample group of the study consists of 450 male amateur football players. The short form of "Self-Esteem Inventory" with 25 items developed by Stanley Coopersmith (1967) and adapted to Turkish by Turan and Tufan (1987) and a 6-item "Demographic Information Form" including "Age, Educational Status, Monthly Income of the Family, Duration of Playing Football, Position where football is played, and League in which football is played" were administered to the participants on a volunteer basis. According to the results of the study, the self-esteem scores of amateur footballers differ significantly according to their age and the self-esteem level of football players aged 30 and over is higher than that of the football players aged 15-19. It was determined that there is a significant difference in self-esteem scores in terms of the educational level (t = -2.582; p <0.05). It was found that there is a significant difference in selfesteem scores in terms of the league in which football is played (F=3,581; p<0,05). Accordingly, the average self-esteem score of the football players playing in the super amateur league is higher than that of the football players playing in the other leagues. Finally, it was seen that the self-esteem scores of amateur footballers do not differ significantly according to their families' monthly income and the position where they play football..