INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF MENTAL IMAGERY ON THE SUCCESS OF ATHLETE STUDENTS AT TRABZON UNIVERSITY, TURKEY

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mental imagery on the success of athlete students at Trabzon University. In terms of the purpose of the research was an applied type, correlated in terms of the type of the method and survey method in terms of the method of data collection. The statistical population of this study was athlete students of Trabzon University of Turkey, in 365 people. To determine the sample size, the Cochran formula was used and according to this formula, the number of statistical samples was 188, which were selected by random sampling method and according to the ratio of players in each discipline. To collect information, Voaght mental imagery questionnaire (2010) and Mousavi's and Vaez Mousavi's (2015) sportswomen questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed by SPSS software and regression coefficient was used to analyze the hypotheses of the research. The results of the research show that mental imagery has a positive effect on athlete students' achievement and predicts 0.07% of the changes in the success of athlete students. Also, ideation and planning on the success of athlete students has a significant positive effect and 0.77 ideas and 0.50 planning predict the changes in the success of athlete students