The Effect Of Mobbing Taekwondo Referee on Decision Making Levels

In this study, the decision making styles of the taekwondo referees exposed to mobbing and the levels of mobbing were examined based on some variables.The sample of the study consisted of 187 referees who worked in various provinces in Turkey and participated in the development seminars for referees andcoaches organized by Turkey Taekwondo Federation in 2019-2020. The seminar was conducted on 19-27 December 2019 in Antalya, in 3 groups (turkiyetaekwondofed.gov.tr) In addition to the personal information form prepared by the researcher, the “Scale for Indoor Mobbing directed to Sports Referees”, “Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire I-II” were used in the study. The analysis of the data obtained in the research was examined by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Frequency, percent, std.deviation, mean calculations, T-test and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA), Tukey test, and Pearson correlation analysis were used. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was determined as 846 for decision-making scale and 883 for the mobbing scale.The study results revealedvarious levels of significance for variables were interpreted. In addition, it was determined that there were positive and significant relationships between the sub-dimension of decision making styles and mobbing (r=0.33, p<0.01) and mobbing from the sports circle (r=0.22, p, 0.01). Therefore, it can be said that mobbing perceived from the social circle did not have a significant effect on decision making styles of taekwondo referees. As a result, it can be said that the mobbing variable poses asignificant risk to taekwondo referees' sub-dimension of decision making styles and said risk should be taken into consideration.