Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Sporcularının Tekerlekli Sandalye Basketbol Kavramına Yönelik Metaforik Algıları

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 30.06.2025

Sonay Serpil Daşkesen

https://doi.org/10.31680/gaunjss.1591269

Abstract

Giriş ve Amaç: Metaforlar, spor bağlamında engelli sporcuların motivasyonlarının, tutum ve davranışlarınının altında yatan nedenleri ortaya çıkarmada kullanılan etkili dilsel araçlardır. Bu araştırma, tekerlekli sandalye basketbol sporcularının tekerlekli sandalye basketbol kavramına yönelik metaforik algılarını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır.
Yöntem: Araştırma grubunu tekerlekli sandalye basketbol süper liginde oynayan yaşları 13 ile 54 arasında değişmekte olan 52 erkek sporcu oluşturmaktadır. Eksik veya anlamsız ifadeler kullanılması nedeniyle 5 katılımcının cevabı araştırmadan çıkarılmıştır. Toplamda 47 cevap değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmada, nitel araştırma desenlerinden biri olan fenomenoloji/phenomology deseni kullanılmıştır. Verilerin elde edilmesinde, her bir sporcuya kişisel bilgi formu uygulanmış ve sporcuların “Tekerlekli sandalye basketbol … gibidir çünkü …” cümlesini tamamlamaları istenmiştir. Verilerin analizi için metaforlar ve açıklamaları arasındaki bağlantı incelenmiş olup içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Metaforik ifadelerin sıklık ve yüzdeleri SPSS 24 programı kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Katılımcılar tekerlekli sandalye basketbolla ilgili 34 farklı metafor üretmiştir. Ortaya çıkan metaforlarla “Engelleri Aşma, Fiziksel İhtiyaçlar, Kendini Gerçekleştirme ve Sosyalleşme” olmak üzere 4 kavramsal kategori oluşturulmuştur.
Sonuçlar: Sporcuların tekerlekli sandalye basketbol kavramına yönelik kullandıkları metaforlar incelendiğinde en fazla “sosyalleşme” kategorisi altında toplanan metaforları kullandıkları tespit edilmiştir. Tekerlekli sandalye basketbol sporcuları bu sporu yalnızca fiziksel aktivite olarak değil, aynı zamanda sosyalleşme aracı olarak gördüğü sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Tekerlekli sandalye basketbolu , metafor , fenomenoloji

The Metaphorical Perceptions of Wheelchair Basketball Athletes Towards the Concept of Wheelchair Basketball

Abstract

Introduction and Purpose: Metaphors are effective linguistic tools used to uncover the underlying reasons behind the motivations, attitudes, and behaviors of disabled athletes in a sports context. This study aims to reveal the metaphorical perceptions of wheelchair basketball athletes towards the concept of wheelchair basketball.
Materials and Methods: The research group consists of 52 male athletes aged between 13 and 54, playing in the wheelchair basketball super league. Due to incomplete or meaningless responses, the answers of 5 participants were excluded from the study. A total of 47 responses were evaluated. The phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the study. To collect data, each athlete was given a personal information form and asked to complete the sentence: “Wheelchair basketball is like … because …”. For the analysis of the data, the connection between the metaphors and their explanations was examined, and a content analysis was conducted. Frequencies and percentages of metaphorical expressions were calculated using the SPSS 24 program.
Findings: The participants generated 34 different metaphors related to wheelchair basketball. Four conceptual categories were created based on the resulting metaphors: "Overcoming Obstacles, Physical Needs, Self-Realization, and Socialization.
Results: When the metaphors used by athletes regarding the concept of wheelchair basketball were examined, it was found that they most frequently used metaphors grouped under the "socialization" category. It can be concluded that wheelchair basketball athletes view this sport not only as a physical activity but also as a means of socialization.

Keywords

Wheelchair basketball , metaphor , phenomenology

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