THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INJURY ANXIETY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AMONG TEAM ATHLETES WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES

Öz

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between injury anxiety and psychological resilience of disabled team athletes in the leagues under the umbrella of physically, visually and hearing impaired federations in Turkey. The study group of the research, which used the relational screening model, one of the general screening models, consisted of a total of 105 disabled athletes, 34 physically impaired, 34 visually impaired and 37 hearing impaired, who participated in the study on a voluntary basis. Data collection was conducted using the snowball sampling method, and the data were gathered online through Google Forms. The data were obtained using the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale and the Psychological Resilience Scale.The normality of data distribution was assessed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and since the data were not normally distributed, the Kruskal-Wallis test was used for comparisons involving more than two groups, and the Spearman correlation analysis was performed. The findings revealed that visually impaired athletes had significantly higher levels of anxiety about pain compared to physically and hearing-impaired athletes. It was determined that injury anxiety did not affect the psychological resilience of visually impaired athletes. However, a negative relationship was found between injury anxiety and psychological resilience among physically impaired athletes (involving psychosocial elements) and hearing-impaired athletes (involving both physical and psychosocial elements). When all participants were considered as a whole, a negative relationship was identified between injury anxiety, including both physical and environmental factors, and psychological resilience. In conclusion, it can be stated that there is a negative relationship between the injury anxiety and psychological resilience of disabled athletes, influenced by both physical and environmental factors, and that this relationship varies according to the type of disability. In this context, it is suggested that efforts should be made to enhance the psychological resilience of disabled athletes to improve their injury anxiety, and that injuries should be considered in relation to both physical and psychological characteristics.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• paralympic athletes
• injury anxiety
• psychological resilience
• sport
• psychology

FARKLI ENGELE SAHİP TAKIM SPORCULARINDA YARALANMA KAYGISI VE PSİKOLOJİK SAĞLAMLIK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı Türkiye’de bedensel, görme ve işitme engelliler federasyonları çatısı altındaki liglerde bulunan engelli takım sporcularının, yaralanma kaygısı ve psikolojik sağlamlıkları arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. Genel tarama modellerinden biri olan ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılan araştırmanın çalışma grubunu gönüllülük esasıyla çalışmaya katılan 34 bedensel, 34 görme ve 37 işitme engelli olmak üzere toplam 105 engelli sporcu oluşturmuştur. Veri toplamada kartopu örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmış ve veriler Google Formlar aracılığıyla çevrimiçi toplanmıştır. Veriler Spor Yaralanması Kaygı Ölçeği ve Psikolojik Sağlamlık Ölçeği aracılığıyla elde edilmiştir. Verilerin normal dağılıma uygunluğu Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi ile değerlendirilmiş ve dağılım normal olmadığı için ikiden fazla karşılaştırmalar için Kruskal Wallis ve korelasyon için Sperman analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular değerlendirildiğinde görme engelli sporcuların acı çekme kaygı düzeylerinin bedensel ve işitme engelli sporculardan anlamlı derecede yüksek olduğu belirlenmiştir. Görme engeli olan sporcuların yaralanma kaygılarının psikolojik sağlamlıklarını etkilemediği, bedensel engeli olan sporcuların psikososyal, işitme engeli olan sporcuların ise hem fiziksel hem de psikososyal unsurları içeren yaralanma kaygıları ile psikolojik sağlamlıkları arasında ters yönlü bir ilişki olduğu belirlenmiştir. Katılımcılar bir bütün olarak ele alındığında hem fiziksel hem de çevresel unsurları içeren yaralanma kaygıları ile psikolojik sağlamlıkları arasında ters yönlü bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak engelli sporcuların yaralanma kaygıları ile psikolojik sağlamlıkları arasında hem fiziksel hem de çevresel faktörlerden kaynaklanan ters yönlü bir ilişki bulunduğu ve bu ilişkinin engel türüne göre farklılık gösterdiği söylenebilir. Bu doğrultuda engelli sporcuların yaralanma kaygılarını iyileştirmek için psikolojik sağlamlıklarını geliştirmeye yönelik çalışmaların yapılması ve yaralanmaların hem fiziksel hem de psikolojik özelliklerle ilişkili olduğunun dikkate alınması gerektiği söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• paralimpik sporcu
• Yaralanma kaygısı
• psikolojik sağlamlık
• Psikoloji
• takım sporu

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