Abstract:

This study aims to examine the mindful attention awareness levels of trainers coaching athletes with disabilities according to various variables. In line with this purpose, a total of 138 volunteer trainers and trainers coaching athletes with disabilities participated in the study from the provinces of Kilis, Gaziantep, and Elazig. Of the participating trainers, 89 (64.5%) were male, and 49 (35.5%) were female. Personal Information Form and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale developed by Brown and Ryan were used to collect data within the scope of the study. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 statistical software package. The skewness and kurtosis values of the data were analyzed to determine whether it showed a normal distribution, and it was determined that the data showed normal distribution. While the Independent Samples T-Test was used to compare the scale scores of individuals in different disability groups according to demographic variables with two categories, One Way ANOVA analysis was used to compare scale scores according to demographic variables with more than three categories. In the study, a significant difference was found in mindful attention awareness scores according to the gender and variable professional experience (p<0.05). There was no significant difference according to the disability group variable of the trainers (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in terms of disability groups, a significant result was found in favor of females according to the gender variable, years of experience. As a result; It has been determined that the mindful attention awareness levels of disabled athlete trainers are above the average.

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