Assessment of Optimal Emotional Rangers of Athletes Living in Disaster Areas

Abstract

Purpose: For this purpose, the research was designed in a quantitative research design, and descriptive and correlational survey models were used.

Method: The research population consists of athletes with sports licenses in different branches who experienced the earthquake disaster in Adıyaman province. The sample group consists of a total of 486 athletes who were actively licensed and lived in Adıyaman province during the February 6th earthquakes, including Football (158), Martial Arts (78), Volleyball (64), Basketball (41), Swimming (39), Archery (34), Fencing (28), Athletics (26), and Water Sports (18). The Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASÖ-21), the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the Sports Anxiety Scale (SAS) were used as data collection tools in the study. In the analysis of the data, frequency and percentage distributions for the participants' personal characteristics, arithmetic means and standard deviations for the responses to the scales were calculated, and relationships between parameters were determined. The raw data obtained with the data collection tools were analyzed using SPSS version 26.

Results: The results showed that the total Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory score was 64.18, and the average scores for the 7 items in the depression subscale of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale were 19.34, 17.22, and 22.19, respectively. The average scores for athletes in the Sports Anxiety Scale were 14.18 in the somatic anxiety subscale, 17.34 in the worry subscale, and 5 items in the distractibility subscale. It was observed to be 16.61.

Conclusion: In conclusion, the findings indicate that athletes who have experienced a disaster demonstrate significant differences in their emotional characteristics conceptualized as optimal emotional rangesacross various variables. It is considered that these differences may be positively transformed through sport-based practices and structured interventions.

Keywords

• Disaster area
• athlete
• emotional development
• optimal emotion

Afet Bölgesinde Yaşayan Sporcuların Optimal Duygu Aralıklarının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, afet bölgesinde yaşamına devam eden farklı spor branşlarına sahip sporcuların optimal duygu aralıklarının farklı değişkenlerce etkisinin incelenmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir.

Yöntem: Bu amaçla araştırma nicel araştırma deseninde tasarlanmış olup, betimsel tarama modeli ve ilişkisel tarama modelinden faydalanılmıştır. Araştırma evrenini Adıyaman ilinde deprem afetini yaşayan farklı branşlarda sporcu lisansına sahip sporcular oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem grubunu ise 06 Şubat depremlerini Adıyaman ilinde yaşayan ve faal olarak lisanslı olan Futbol (158), Savunma Sporları (78), Voleybol (64), Basketbol (41), Yüzme (39), Okçuluk (34), Eskrim (28), Atletizm (26) ve Su Sporları (18) olmak üzere toplam 486 sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak “Depresyon, Anksiyete ve Stres Ölçeği (DASÖ-21) Spielberger Durumluk-Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri (STAI) ve Spor Kaygı ölçeği (SAS) kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, katılımcıların kişisel özelliklerine yönelik frekans ve yüzde dağılımları, ölçeklere verilen yanıtlara ilişkin aritmetik ortalama ve standart sapmalar hesaplanmış, ayrıca parametreler arası ilişkiler belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın veri toplama araçları ile elde edilmiş olan ham veriler SPSS 26 versiyonu kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir.

Bulgular: Araştırma sonucunda Spielberger Durumluk Kaygı Envanteri toplam puanı 64,18, Depresyon anksiyete ve stres ölçeği depresyon alt boyutundaki 7 maddenin 19,34, Anksiyete alt boyutunda 7 madde 17,22 ve stres alt boyutunda 7 madde 22,19 puan ortalamasına sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Sporcuların Spor Kaygı Ölçeği somatik kaygı alt boyutunda 14,18, endişe alt boyutunda 17,34, konsantrasyon dağınıklığı alt boyutunda ise 5 madde üzerinden 16,61 olduğu gözlenmiştir.

Sonuç: Araştırma sonucunda afet yaşayan sporcuların optimal duygu aralıkları olarak duygusal özelliklerinde farklı değişkenler açısından belirgin farklılıklar oluştuğu, bu oluşumun spor yoluyla gerçekleştirilen uygulamalar ile olumlu duruma dönüştürebileceği düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

• Afet bölgesi
• sporcu
• duygusal gelişim
• optimal duygu

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