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.

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.

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...

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 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).

This study aims to compare narcissism levels of female athletes in different branches.

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,

The study intends to assess the level of the narcissism of students and the level of anxiety. Narcissism is an excessive admiration and unrealistic positive view of oneself and physical appearance. While anxiety is a feeling of having fear of what might happen that is usually experienced by the students. The study is anchored in the Cognitive Development Theory of Jean Piaget in 1936. He explained anxiety as the tendency to overestimate the potential for danger. This research study used the correlational quantitative design because it examined the association between the level of the narcissism of students and the level of anxiety. Using a rating scale questionnaire on the level of narcissism and the level of anxiety is the level of anxiety among senior high school students. The researchers found out that most of the students feel assertive. Also, they seldom like to be the center of attention which means of having a narcissistic personality which could affect the way they perform i...