EXAMINATION OF ALEXITHYMIA LEVELS OF ATHLETES

Abstract

This research was conducted to examine the alexithymia levels of athletes according to demographic variables. 458 athletes, 212 women (Xage = 24.74) and 246 men (Xage = 25.40), participated in the research. The research is a cross-sectional and relational survey model, which is one of the general survey models. “Demographic Information Form” and “Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20” were used in the research. Descriptive statistics, t-test and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. In the study, it was found that the total alexithymia scores of the athletes differed according to the gender variable; It was found that there was no significant difference according to the sport type variable. Additionally, it was revealed that there was no significant relationship between the athletes' ages and their total alexithymia scores. As a result, it can be said that the athletes' alexithymia scores are below the average and they do not have difficulty in recognizing their emotions.

Keywords

• Alexithymia
• Emotion
• Emotional Blindness

SPORCULARIN ALEKSİTİMİ DÜZEYLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu araştırma sporcuların aleksitimi düzeylerini demografik değişkenlere göre incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırmaya 212 kadın (Xyaş = 24.74) ve 246 erkek (Xyaş = 25.40) olmak üzere 458 sporcu katılmıştır. Araştırma genel tarama modellerinden kesitsel ve ilişkisel tarama modelinde bir araştırmadır. Araştırmada “Demografik Bilgi Formu” ve “Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği-20” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, t-testi ve pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada, sporcuların aleksitimi toplam puanlarının cinsiyet değişkenine göre farklılaştığı; spor türü değişkenine göre ise anlamlı bir şekilde farklılaşmadığı bulunmuştur. Ek olarak sporcuların yaşları ile aleksitimi toplam puanları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığı ortaya konmuştur. Sonuç olarak, sporcuların aleksitimi puanlarının ortalamanın altında olduğu, duygularını fark etmekte zorlanmadıkları söylenebilir.

Keywords

• Aleksitimi
• Duygu
• Duygusal Körlük

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