Assessment of stress coping strategies of handicapped sportsmen based on different variables

Autor: ERASLAN, Meric, VARDAR, Tonguc, PULUR, Atilla
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Volume: 19, Issue: 1 109-117
Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise
ISSN: 2147-5652
Popis: This study aims to evaluatestress coping strategies of handicapped sportsmen based on certain demographicvariables. A total of 261 licensed and active sportsmen, 204 male and 57female, who are undergoing regular training from different branches of sportsincluding amputee football, wheelchair basketball, swimming and other fieldsparticipated in this research. “Stress Coping Strategies Scale” which wasdeveloped by Lazarus & Folkman and adapted to Turkish by Şahin & Durakwas used in this research. Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test was usedfor statistical analysis of data collected. As a result of this research, itwas understood that handicapped sportsmen moderately used confident attitude,desperate attitude, submissive attitude, request for social support andoptimist attitude. It was also understood that stress coping strategies ofhandicapped sportsmen who participated in the research have significantdifferences based on their age, gender, branch of sports and years spent doingsports (p
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