Düzeylerinin Düdüğün Ötesinde: Hakem Performansını Şekillendiren Öz Yeterlilik, Algılanan Performans ve Tükenmişlik Dinamiklerinin Analizi

Beyond the Whistle: An Analysis of Self-Efficacy, Perceived Performance, and Burnout Dynamics Shaping Referee Performance

Berzan ŞİMŞEK*, Mesut GÜLEŞCE, Tolga HANAYOĞLU

Correspondence: Berzan Şimşek berzan.simsek@batman.edu.tr

¹Batman Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Batman, Türkiye ORCID: 0000-0003-2264-538X, E-mail: berzan.simsek@batman.edu.tr

²Serbest Araştırmacı, Van, Türkiye ORCID: 0000-0001-6676-6947, E-mail: mesutgulesce@gmail.com

³Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi, Yozgat, Türkiye ORCID: 0000-0001-7747-5782, E-mail: tolga.hanayoglu@yobu.edu.tr

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23709884

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Bu araştırmanın amacı, spor hakemlerinde profesyonel düşünce yeterliliği ve kişilik yeterliliğinin tükenmişlik üzerindeki etkisinde psikolojik algı ve çevresel algının aracılık rolünü incelemektir. Araştırma, nicel araştırma yaklaşımı kapsamında ilişkisel tarama modeline göre tasarlanmış ve değişkenler arasındaki doğrudan ve dolaylı ilişkiler yapısal eşitlik modellemesi aracılığıyla test edilmiştir. Araştırmanın örneklemini farklı spor branşlarında aktif olarak görev yapan 234 spor hakemi oluşturmuştur. Verilerin analizinde IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 ve AMOS 22.0 programları kullanılmış; betimsel istatistikler, korelasyon analizi, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, güvenirlik ve geçerlik analizleri, yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve 5.000 yeniden örneklemeye dayalı bootstrap aracılık analizi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgular, beş faktörlü modelin veriye iyi uyum sağladığını (χ²/df = 1.371, CFI = .955, TLI = .950, RMSEA = .040, %90 GA [.032, .048], SRMR = .0562) ve alternatif modeller arasında daha düşük AIC (719.440) ve BIC (950.947) değerlerine sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Yapısal model sonuçlarında profesyonel düşünce yeterliliği ve kişilik yeterliliğinin psikolojik ve çevresel algıyı pozitif, tükenmişliği ise negatif yönde anlamlı olarak yordadığı; psikolojik ve çevresel algının da tükenmişlik üzerinde negatif ve anlamlı etkiler gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Bootstrap analizlerinde tüm dolaylı etkilerin %95 güven aralıklarının sıfır içermemesi, psikolojik ve çevresel algının anlamlı aracılık rollerini desteklemiştir. Sonuç olarak, hakemlerin yeterliliklerinin tükenmişlikle ilişkisinde psikolojik ve çevresel algıların önemli açıklayıcı mekanizmalar olduğu ve önerilen yapısal modelin ampirik olarak desteklendiği belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Hakemler. Profesyonel Düşünce Yeterliliği. Kişilik Yeterliliği. Psikolojik Algı. Çevresel Algı. Tükenmişlik.

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the mediating roles of psychological perception and environmental perception in the effects of professional thinking competence and personality competence on burnout among sports referees. The study employed a quantitative correlational research design, and the direct and indirect relationships among the variables were tested using structural equation modeling. The sample consisted of 234 active referees from different sports disciplines. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 and AMOS 22.0 through descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability and validity analyses, structural equation modeling, and mediation analysis with 5,000 bootstrap resamples. The findings indicated that the five-factor model demonstrated a good fit to the data (χ²/df = 1.371, CFI = .955, TLI = .950, RMSEA = .040, 90% CI [.032, .048], SRMR = .0562) and yielded lower AIC (719.440) and BIC (950.947) values than the alternative models. Structural model results showed that professional thinking competence and personality competence positively predicted psychological and environmental perceptions and negatively predicted burnout, while psychological and environmental perceptions also had significant negative effects on burnout. The 95% bootstrap confidence intervals for all indirect effects excluded zero, supporting the significant mediating roles of psychological and environmental perceptions. In conclusion, psychological and environmental perceptions represent important explanatory mechanisms in the relationship between referees’ professional thinking and personality competencies and burnout, and the proposed structural model was empirically supported.

Keywords: Sport Sciences Students, Artificial Intelligence Anxiety, Future Anxiety

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 Şimşek, B., Güleşce, M., & Hanayoğlu, T. (2026). Beyond the whistle: An analysis of self-efficacy, perceived performance, and burnout dynamics shaping referee performance. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 3(3), 1188-1207.

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Şimşek B, Güleşce M, Hanayoğlu T. Beyond the whistle: An analysis of self-efficacy, perceived performance, and burnout dynamics shaping referee performance. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS). 2026;3(3):1188-1207.

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