Comparison of Mental Skills of Professional Esports Players With Different Levels of Physical Activity

The short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (UFAA) will be used to determine the physical activity levels of the participants. The UFAA-Short Form is a valid tool used to assess physical activity in young adults. It is a 7-item scale that evaluates the duration and frequency of vigorous physical activity, moderate physical activity, walking and sedentary behavior based on MET values. Physical activity levels are classified into 3 categories according to the scores obtained by multiplying the duration, frequency and MET values of the physical activities that the participants participated in within 7 days and for at least 10 minutes. Accordingly, <600 MET - min/week is defined as inactive, 600 - 3000 MET - min/week low, and >3000 MET - min/week is defined as sufficient physical activity level.

The mental toughness parameters of the participants will be evaluated face-to-face with the Mental Toughness Questionnaire in Sports. It was developed by Sheard, Golby and Van Wersch in 2009. It is a 14-item scale that includes three sub-dimensions of trust, continuity and control and provides information about mental resilience in young adults. Although there are reverse questions in the scale, it includes a Likert-type evaluation between 1 and 4 (1= Completely false, 4= Completely true). Although the highest score that can be obtained is 56, high scores from the scale show that the athletes have a high level of mental endurance.

The imagination skills of the participants will be evaluated face-to-face with the Sports Imagery Questionnaire. It is a 30-item scale developed by Hall, Mack, Paivio, and Hausenblas in 1998, including 5 sub-dimensions. Each item included in the scale is scored between 1 and 7 by the athletes. Although the highest score that can be obtained is 210, high scores indicate an increase in visualization skills.

PUKI is a self-report scale that assesses sleep quality and sleep disturbance over a one-month period. PUKI was published in 1989 by Buysse et al. and it has been shown to have sufficient internal consistency, test-retest reliability and validity. In the evaluation of PUKI, 18 items are included in the scoring. The total score has a value between 0-21, a high total score indicates poor sleep quality. A total PUKI score of ≤5 indicates "good sleep quality", and >5 indicates "poor sleep quality".

Cohen et al. (1983) was designed to determine how stressful the individual perceives certain situations in his life. There are two short forms of PSS with 10 and 4 items. Scoring of PASS-10 ranges from 0 to 40. A high score indicates an excess of one's perception of stress.