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European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science ISSN: 2501 - 1235 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1235 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 3 │ Issue 12 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1133982 ANALYSIS OF WRESTLERS’ THINKING STYLES Izzet Islamoğlu1, Tülin Atan2i, Şaban Ünver3 1 Research “ssistant, Yaşar Doğu Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey 2 “ssociated Prof., Yaşar Doğu Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey 3 Research “ssistant, Yaşar Doğu Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey Abstract: The objective of this study is to analyze the thinking styles of wrestlers. 267 licensed wrestlers participated in the study. Rational-Experiential Thinking Styles Inventory developed by Epstein et al. 99 and adapted into Turkish by ”uluş was used to find out the thinking styles of wrestlers. In statistical analysis of the data, t test was used for independent groups while one way variance analysis was used for the comparison of multiple groups. When the rational thinking style levels of wrestlers were examined in terms of age, no statistical difference was found (p>0.05). When the intuitive thinking style levels of wrestlers were examined in terms of age, it was found that wrestlers between the ages 21 and 27 had higher intuitive thinking style levels than wrestlers between the ages 18 and 20 (p<0.01). No significant difference was found between high school or university students in terms of rational and intuitive thinking styles (p>0.05). It was found that being a national team athlete and sports age did not have an influence on rational or intuitive thinking styles of athletes (p>0.05). As a conclusion, when athletes’ scores from thinking styles were examined, it was found that both thinking styles were used at an intermediate level. It was found that age had an influence on intuitive thinking style, while being in a high school or university student, being in a national team athlete and sports age did not have an influence on thinking styles. Keywords: wrestling, rational-intuitive thinking, sport Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 499 Izzet Islamoğlu, Tülin Atan, Şaban Ünver THE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE GAMES RELATED WITH HAZELNUT AND WALNUT IN THE HOPA REGION/DISTRICT, TURKEY 1. Introduction The future of societies is possible with being able to educate individuals who have a high capacity of thinking, creating and reasoning. Within this context, the aim of education should include not only teaching, but also organizing and developing top level thinking skills for creativity and problem solving (Çubukçu, 2004). The most important characteristic of human beings which is not present in other living beings is the power of thinking. In our daily lives, we have thousands of thoughts running in our minds while we are talking, reading, travelling or eating. Where these thoughts come from, what they evoke and what is gained as a result of these thoughts differ from person to person ”algamış, . Style is defined as the way an individual prefers in using skills and processing knowledge. From this perspective, style is thought not only as a skill in its own, but as preferences an individual makes in using the skills. The definition of style as a preference emphasizes its difference from skills because while skills are related with the ability of an individual in doing something, styles are about how an individual prefers to do something. Thus, various styles are not good or bad, they are just different (Akbulut, 2006; Duru, 2004). Thinking process can be defined as turning the things and events in the outer world into symbols. According to another argument, thinking is the mental activity shown to understand the truth (Sünbül, 2004). Thinking style is not defined as a preferred way of something done or thought, but it is defined as a preference in the use of an ability the individual has (Sternberg and Zhang, 2001). The theory of thinking styles depends on the theory of mental self-management. This theory argues that people manage their daily activities like managing a society and physical activities. Everybody’s thinking style is different while taking care of the events which take place. Thinking style can differ according to the necessities of the situation. Thinking styles are in a close relationship with the social environment and they can change depending on the culture, time and situation (Sternberg, 1994; Öner et al., 2016). That is, thinking styles can be developed or changed (Sternberg, 1997; Zhang, 2004). For viewing / downloading the full article, please access the following link: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejep/article/view/1328 European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science - Volume 3 │ Issue 12 │ 2017 500