Examining the Self-Efficacy Levels of Wrestling Referees

Abstract

This study was carried out to measure the self-efficacy levels of wrestling referees who are active in wrestling competitions in our country. 150 wrestling referees with different refereeing levels, included in the Visa Referee List of the Turkish Wrestling Federation, participated in the study. The personal information form developed by the researchers to reach the data of the study and Myers et al. The 18-question “Referee Self-Efficacy Scale” (HÖYÖ), which was developed in 2012 and adapted into Turkish by Karaçam and Pulur 2017 with the addition of the physical proficiency factor, was used. According to the results of the research; The inter-variable relations of all participants are presented as correlation coefficients. In addition, in the age variable game knowledge scores and decision-making sub-dimensions, the participants in the 25-35, 36-45 and 46-year-olds group were against the participants in the 18-24 group, against the high school graduate participants in terms of decision-making sub-dimension scores according to the educational status variable, against the candidate referees in terms of all sub-dimension scores of the self-efficacy scale according to the refereeing level variable, in favor of the 6-10 and 11-15 group participants in terms of game knowledge scores and decision-making sub-dimension scores according to the number of tasks variable, against the 1-5 year group participants in terms of game knowledge scores, decision making, pressure scores and communication sub-dimension scores according to the refereeing experience variable, There is a significant relationship in favor of former athletes in the sub-dimension of game knowledge scores according to the status of playing sports before in the sports branch where he is the referee(p>0,05).