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This study aims to compare narcissism levels of female athletes in different branches. The narcissism levels of students who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study have been measured through 16-question Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16) which has been coordinated by Daniel R. Ames, Paul Rose and Cameron P. Anderson in 2005. The validity and the reliability of the Inventory have been done by Salim ATAY in 2009. For analyses of the data, Portable IBM SPSS Statistics v20 software package was used. The descriptive analysis, one-way Anova analysis which was used to determine the difference between two variances and Tukey’s test were also used in data analysis. At the end of the study, it was observed that the narcissism score of bodybuilding athletes is higher than other athletes in the scope of the study.
The aim of this study is to reveal the dimensions of interaction between female athletes' sports age and their narcissism levels. The narcissism levels of students who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study have been measured through 16-question Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16) which has been coordinated by Daniel R. Ames, Paul Rose and Cameron P. Anderson in 2005. The validity and the reliability of the Inventory have been done by Salim Atay in 2009. For analyses of the data, Portable IBM SPSS Statistics v20 software package was used. The descriptive analysis, correlation and regression analysis were used in data analysis. At the end of the study, it was observed that there is a relationship between sports age and narcissism scores of athletes in sample group.
The aim of this research is to compare degree variable based, by determining the narcissism levels of male athletes. Narcist Personality Inventory,which has been translated into Turkish by Salim ATAY in 2009, has been used at the research. 55 male boxers, 72 male free style wrestlers, 66 male greko-roman style wrestlers, 56 male weight-lifters, 61 male kick-boxers, who have attended the Türkiye championship in 2012 and have been chosen by random sampling method, form the sample of the research. SPSS 15 Packet program has been used to analysis the datas.To determine, the datas having normal distribution ”Kolmogorov-Smirnov” test, to determine the homogeneity of the datas “Anova-Homogeneity of Variance” test, has been applied and Datas having normal and homogenous distribution have been determined. For analysing the datas descriptive statistic, to determinte the relationship between more than 2 variables one-way variance analysis and also to determine the relationship between the variables Tukey test has been applied. There has been found a difference at meaningful level as statistically between 16 and 17-18 age groups at weight lifting sport branch. There has been found a difference at meaningful level as statistically between 4-5 and 6-8 age groups at free style wrestling sport branch.
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This study aims to discover the levels of narcissism among university students, who are actively involved in sports, in order to reveal the differences between narcissism levels and sociodemographic variables. A total of 611 athletes participated in the study, of whom 236 were females (38.6%) and were males 375 (61.4%). They all have actively participated in individual and team sports that were organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation. For the purpose of determining the narcissism levels of the athletes, the “Narcissistic Personality Inventory”, which was developed by Ames et al. (2006) and adapted into Turkish by Atay (2009), was used. The scale consisted of 16 items representing 6 dimensions “exhibitionism”, “superiority”, “authority”, “entitlement”, “self-sufficiency”, and “exploitativeness”. The study data were analysed by utilizing IBM SPSS Statistics v22 package software was used. To reveal whether the data had a normal distribution, a single-sample “Kolmogorov-Sm...
This study aims to reveal the relationship between the levels of sportspersonship and narcissism of athletes. The sample of the study was selected by 33 football players, 36 volleyball players, 40 handball players and 30 basketball players who already ranked among the top three athletes in Turkish Championships. Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale were used as a collection tool in the study. Portable IBM SPSS Statistics v20 software package was also used to analyze the data. The descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of the data, a correlation analysis was used to determine the severity and direction of the relationship between variables and regression analysis was used to reveal cause-effect relationship between the variables. As a result of the correlation analysis carried out, it was determined that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between an athlete’s narcissism score, and respect for opponents and respect for social convention.
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between levels of narcissim and motivational trends in the individual sports branches. The sample of the study includes a total of 350 young athletes in the branches of boxing, freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, taekwondo and weightlifting, participated in Turkey Youth Champions in 2011. Sport-specific motive scales (SSMS) and Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) was utilized in order collect the datas in this study. SPSS 15 package software was used for the data analysis. The test of Kolmogorov-Smirnov to determine whether the data had a normal distribution, the test of Levene was applied to determine the homogeneity of variances and it was determined that the datas had an homogeneous and normal distribution. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. In the result of data analysis, there was a statistically significant relationship between the motive to achieve success with exploitation dimension and the power motive with superior dimension. (p<0,05).
The aim of this study is to demonstrate the relationship between wrestlers' motivation and narcissism level by determining their narcissism and motivation tendencies. Narciccism personality scale and motivation tendency scale are used for gathering data in this study. . In the analysis of the data, SPSS 15 program was used. “Kolmogorov-Smirnov” and ''Anova-Homogenety of variances” tests were applied in order to determine if the data are normally distributed. The tests results indicated that the data are normally distributed and homogeny. Descriptive statistic test for analysing the data and Pearson correlation and regression tests for examining the relationship between narcissism and motivation tendencies of wrestlers are used in the study. At the end, while the findings show that wrestler's motivation tendency is of a fine one, findings also showed that there is a negative correlation between narcissism and abstaining from success. Keywords: Narcissism, motivation, success, wrestling,
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A Comparative Study of Narcissism, Gender, and Sex-Role Orientation among Bodybuilders, Athletes, and Psychology Students1989 •
This research examined the popular view expressed by Lasch and by Lowen that narcissism is a particularly salient feature among bodybuilders. It also was designed to test hypothesized gender and sex-role differences in narcissism. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Bern Sex-role Inventory were administered to 232 participants within three groups of bodybuilders, athletes, and psychology students. Analysis indicated that bodybuilders scored significantly higher on the Self-absorption subscale of the Narcissism inventory than athletes and psychology students. Men and the masculine group scored significantly higher on the total Narcissism scale and the four subscales than women and androgynous, feminine, and undifferentiated groups.
Purpose The increase of eating disorders in the athlete population is remarkable. Disorders concerning eating impulse, bodyweight obsession, negative thoughts about body shape, and accompanying affective disorders are psychological disorders in which eating behavior is seriously affected. A narcissistic personality disorder is defined as a continuous pattern that includes superiority complex, inability to empathize, and the need to be approved. Some narcissistic characteristics such as a desire for unlimited power, success, beauty and to be approved may be related to the eating habits of athletes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the tendency of narcissism and eating disorders in elite athletes.Methods Participants of the study were 223 elite athletes (99 men, 124 women) from different sports branches aged between 18-36 years old. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 and the Eating Attitude Test were used as data collection tools. Spearma...
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