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13.Uluslararası Spor Bilimleri Kongresi, Konya, Turkey, 7 - 09 November 2014, pp.40-45
The purpose of this study is examining the relationship between gender variable and personality traits of performance tennis players 18 and above the age of 18. The research was conducted in accordance with scanning model. The research group were formed by 80 tennis players who are 18 and over the age of 18 and who have individual or club license and who participated to the performance tennis tournaments connected to Turkey Tennis Federation in 2013. The sports clubs in Istanbul where the research conducted are; Taç Sports Club (n=13), ENKA Sports Club (n=21), TED Sports Club (n=23) and Istanbul Tennis Club (n=23). 51,2% (n=41) of the research group was formed by female tennis players, and 48,8% (n=39) of the research group was formed by male tennis players. The mean age of the research group was 19,6. PERI Personality Inventory short form which is developed by Sevinç (2005) as a data collection tool and consists of 25 questions is used in the research. According to the results obtained in the research; it was seen that; while Sense of Responsibility subcomponent of 18 year old performance tennis players had the highest average score (X¯¯=4.32), Emotional stability subcomponent had the lowest average score (X¯¯=3,31). With these results it is understood that performance tennis players are not lymphatic, they have difficulty in managing anger, they externalize their anger easily, they are not optimistic when things go wrong, they cannot tolerate criticism, they have difficulty in opposing their wishes and desires. Furthermore, independent group t test was performed because the research group showed normal distribution according to gender and according to these results there was significant difference found only in extraversion subcomponents in factor points of personality traits of performance tennis players (p<0,05). According to the results it is understood that; female tennis players like spending time with people, they don’t like to remain in the background, they demand justice to the end, they persuade other people in line with their opinion, they don’t like constant life, they like fun and adventure, they are witty and cheerful. There was no difference found in openness to experience, emotional stability, compatibleness and sense of responsibility subcomponents according to gender (p>0,05).