Examination of Psychological Resilience Levels of Basketball and Tennis Players Considering the Gender Variable

Abstract

In the study pursued in order to determine the psychological resilience levels of individuals who are interested in basketball and tennis sports in university teams and the differences between them considering the gender variable, gender variable levels are given in percentages, and resilience levels have been studied by comparing with their gender with the T-test. Population consists of 50 female and 51 male players and 30 female and 30 male tennis players, in total 161 players. In order to determine to resilience levels of the players, “Psychological resilience scale” developed by Friborg et al. (2005) has been applied. According to the research results, it is concluded that constitutional style, perception of future and social competence psychological resilience sub-dimensions of the tennis players are better than basketball players, family cohesion, social competence and social resources sub-dimensions and total psychological resilience perception of female players are more successful than male players.

Keywords

• Psychological Resilience,Gender Variable,Tennis,basketball

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