Effect of losing on early maladaptive schemata of individual male athletes

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of losing on early maladaptive schemata of individual male athletes. The present study was a descriptive-analytical research method. The statistical population of this study was all male athletes in two age groups of adolescents and young people from individual (weightlifting, tack and taekwondo) who participated in the championship of Erzurum province and country in 2019. According to the statistics, the number of these people was estimated at 2,800 athletes. The statistical sample of this study, based on the sample Morgan table (1970), was 338 athletes. The current research tool was Yang Schema Questionnaire (2003). Data were analyzed using independent t-test by SPSS software version 21. The results of this study showed that there was a significant difference between early maladaptive schemas among male athletes with a status of lose and sport field.

Keywords: Early maladaptive schema, sport, competition, lose.

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