An Investigation of the Effect of the Music Listened During the Competition Period on the Footballers in terms of Some Demographic Variables

Abstract

In this study; It is aimed to examine the effect of the music listened to during the competition period on the football players in terms of some demographic variables. The study was carried out on a total of 627 football players playing in football teams in the 2019-2020 season. Demographic information questions prepared by the researcher and the "Effect of Music in Sportive Practices Scale" prepared by Karayol and Turhan (2020) were used to determine the effect of the music listened to during the competition period on football players. While analyzing the data, "indipendent t test" for pairwise comparisons, "the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)" test for comparisons with more than two groups, and if statistical data are found to be significant as a result of the analysis obtained, Tukey test is performed to determine which variables result from these differences and the results were evaluated according to p<0.05 significance level. As a result of the analyzes made; While it was determined that there was a significant difference between the age, sports age, league and scale sub-dimensions of the football players, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the education status of the football players and the scale sub-dimensions. In our study, the effect of the music listened to during the competition period on the football players in terms of some demographic variables, it has been revealed that the effect of music is significant in football players who are between the ages of 18-22, have a sports age of 4-6 years and play in the amateur league.