The Effect of Athlete Mindfulness on the Development of Athlete Psychological Skills

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect athlete mindfulness, which is expressed as ability athletes establish a cause-effect relationship without losing perception reality in moments and situations related sports, on development their psychological skills, emphasized by sports psychologists positively affect performance 85%. This designed according relational screening causal comparison methods order examine interaction between variables. group comprised 362 who can be reached non-random sampling determined criterion method. As data collection tool "Athlete Psychological Skills Assessment Scale" developed Smith et al., (1995) adapted Turkish culture Erhan al. (2015) used. Also, “Athlete Mindfulness Scale” Thienot (2014) Tingaz (2020) In analysis obtained, demographic variables participants were analyzed correlation t-test independent samples, structural equation model used determining mindfulness levels skills. result, it has been concluded that significant predictor skills explains at level .30.