摘要：The purpose of this study is to analyze some psychological skills (coping with adversity,peaking under pressure,goal setting/ mental preparation,concentration and freedom from worry) of soccer players according to gender.An adapted version of the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-16 in Turkish soccer players ιυas administered to 144 male and 74 female soccer players (n=218).This inventory measures the five psychological skills mentioned above.According to t-tests results,no meaningful difference was found between the total score of psychological skills according to gender (p>0.05).The only significant difference was found for the goal setting/mental preparation subscale of the inventory between genders (p<0.05)∙ These results suggest that gender differences particularly in goal setting/mental preparation should be taken into consideration by coaches,physical education teachers and other related sport scientists.
