Examination of the Sports Injury Anxiety Levels Between Professional and Amateur Wrestlers

Authors : Yasemin ADAR YİĞİT, İsa SAĞIROĞLU, Fuat ERDUĞAN, Ajlan SAÇ

Pages : 748-760

Doi:10.38021/asbid.1261029

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Publication Date : 2023-09-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Pressure on wrestlers to be exposed to injuries cause them to have reinjury anxiety in the next term. Aim was to investigate anxiety levels toward sport-injuries. The sample consisted of 408 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(263 male, ≥ 18 years); Turkish professional and amateur wrestlers. Demographics were obtained through online-platform with Google Forms due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic including personal information Form and Sports Injury Anxiety Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SIAS);. Independent-sample t-test was used for gender, professional/amateur, rehabilitation after injury, and competitions during which wrestlers were injured. Pearson correlation analysis was used for the relationship between variables, the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale, and its sub-dimensions. There was a significant difference between groups in terms of disappointment, weak perception-anxiety according to gender variable insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<.05);. There were significant differences in terms of professional, and amateur wrestler variables’ losing skills, and reinjury-subdimensions insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<.05);. There were significant differences in SIAS grand-average, reinjury-anxiety, disappointment-anxiety, suffering, weak perception-anxiety, losing-skills according to treatment according to reinjury-variable insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<.05);. In conclusion, the cause of sports injury anxiety may be due to professionalization levels of athletes. It can be recommended that psychological and sociological support from parents, trainers, and experts may help wrestlers to have a readiness for any sportive injury.
Keywords : Güreş, Kaygı, Spor Sakatlığı