SUMMARY
Football, is a universal sport with most audiences all around the world. Considering footballers, managers, trainers, audiences involved in football sector referees’ emotional situations, life stress, decision making skills have become important in football environment. The aim of the study was to analyse stress, self-confidence and decision-making skills in football referees. In the study 145 football referees having an age average of 25.88 ± 4.24 participated. In order to determine football referees’ stress levels, “Perceived Stress Scale” developed by Cohen, Kamarck and Mermelstein (1983) and to find out decision-making skills, “Melbourne Decision-Making Scale I-II” developed by Mann et al. (1998) were applied. In evaluation of data Pearson correlation test and Independent t test were done.As a result; significant relations were found between stress, self-confidence and decision-making in football referees. A significant relation was determined between football referees’ self-confidence and decision-making skills. In football referees a meaningful difference was also found between stress level and gender variable. It is apparent that the female football referees’ stress perceptions were higher rather than the male football referees. ÖzetFutbol, dünyada da en fazla seyircisi olan evrensel bir spordur. Futbol sektörü içinde bulunan futbolcu, yönetici, çalistirici, seyirciler düsünüldügünde hakemlerin futbol ortami içinde duygu durumlari, yasadigi stres, karar verme becerisi de önemli hale gelmektedir. Bu çalismanin amaci, futbol hakemlerinde stres, özgüven ve karar verme becerisini incelemektir. Arastirmaya yas ortalamasi 25.88 ± 4.24 olan 145 futbol hakemi katilmistir. Futbol hakemlerinin stres düzeylerini belirlemek için Cohen, Kamarck ve Mermelstein (1983) tarafindan gelistirilen “Algilanan Stres Ölçegi” ile karar verme becerilerini belirlemek için Mann ve digerleri (1998) tarafindan gelistirilen “Melbourne karar verme ölçegi I-II” uygulanmistir. Verilerin degerlendirilmesinde Pearson korelasyon testi ve Bagimsiz t testi yapilmistir.Sonuç olarak; Futbol hakemlerinde stres ile özgüven ve karar verme arasinda anlamli iliski bulunmustur. Hakemlerin özgüven ile karar verme becerisi arasinda anlamli iliski tespit edilmistir. Futbol hakemlerinde stres düzeyi ile cinsiyet degiskeni arasinda anlamli farklilik bulunmustur. Kadin futbol hakemlerinin stres algilarinin erkek hakemlerden yüksek olmasi dikkat çekicidir.