An Investigation into Athletes’ Perceived Mental Fatigue Awareness

Aim: The purpose of this study was to examine perceived mental fatigue awareness among athletes. Method: For this purpose, the results of the Perceived Mental Fatigue Awareness Scale for Athletes completed by 278 actively training student-athletes enrolled in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Ondokuz Mayıs University were evaluated. In the statistical analyses, independent samples t-tests were used for pairwise comparisons, one-way ANOVA was applied for multiple comparisons, and LSD post-hoc tests were employed to determine the source of the differences. Results: The results showed that perceived mental fatigue awareness scores did not differ significantly by gender or age (p>0.05). However, significant differences were found according to type of sport and years of sports experience (p