Investigation of Individual Innovativeness of Young Adult Male Athletes in Terms of Individual Development Initiative

In this study it is aimed to investigate the relationship between individual innovativeness and individual development initiatives of young adult male athletes and the predictive role of individual innovativeness on individual development initiative. The study group, in which the relational screening model was applied, consists of 350 young adult male athletes living in Istanbul. In order to determine the level of individual innovation the Individual Innovativeness Scale ‘ISS’ developed by Hurt, Joseph and Cook (1977) and adopted into Turkish culture by K？l？？er and Odaba？？ was used. T he Personal Development Initiative Scale, which was developed by Robitschek (1998) and adapted and validated by Ak？n and Anl？ (2011), was utilized to measure the individual development initiative. In the study, the Personal Information Form was also used as a data collection tool. Statistical analyzes were performed with SPSS 25.0, and the significance was evaluated at least p <0.05. Descriptive statistics (Average, Standard deviation, Median, Frequency, Ratio, Lowest value, Highest value), as well as Kolmogorov Simirnov test, Box plot graphics, Student t-test, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Linear Regression Analysis were used in analyzing of the data. According to the findings; young adult male athletes have low levels of individual innovation, have ‘ early majority’ innovativeness characteristics and their individual development initiative level is slightly above the average. In the regression analysis, the effects of the Individual Innovation Scale's opinion leadership and openness to experience subscale scores on the individual development initiative total score were found to be significant. Accordingly, it can be said that opinion leadership and openness to experience are predictors of individual development initiativ