期刊名称:Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN:1224-7359
出版年度:2011
卷号:11
期号:2
页码:266-278
语种:English
出版社:Ovidius University Press
摘要:Purpose The purpose of this study is searching whether the social anxiety is different between hearingimpaired and normal healthy athletes in sport or not.50 hearing-impaired and 50 normal healthy athletes attended the study voluntarily.The inventory of social anxiety which consists of 22 questions was applied to the volunteers.The averages of ages,heights and body weights of the volunteers who attended the study were determined in turn as 12.82±1.19 year,147±98 cm,39.94±11.32 kg for hearing-impaired athletes and 12.84±1.03 year,145.62±10.60 cm and 36.38±10.86 kg for normal healthy athletes.Methods The differences of the findings which were obtained as result of measurements were evaluated by applying t test in independent groups to compare these independent groups in the computer environment.The level of significance was determined as 0.05.Results According to the findings which were collected,the fear of negative evaluation of hearingimpaired and normal healthy athletes was found as significant,social avoidance and distress in general was found as insignificant and social avoidance and distress specific to new situations were found as insignificant.Conclusions As a result,the social anxiety,the fear of negative evaluation,social avoidance and distress specific to new situations of normal healthy athletes were found as more significant than hearing-impaired athletes,social avoidance and distress in general was found as insignificant and it is thought to be necessary that we should give much more part the programs which can decrease the level of the anxiety in hearing-impaired athletes.