Abstract:

This study was conducted to examine the anxiety and hopelessness levels of the students studying at the department of exercise and sports education for the disabled. The population of the study was composed of 272 (138 males, 134 females) students studying at the Department of Exercise and Sports Coaching for the Disabled in the 2015/2016 and 2018/2019 academic year at Malatya Inonu University, Faculty of Sports Sciences. The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) developed by Beck, Weissman, Lester and Trexler in 1971 and the Beck Anxiety Scale (BAS) developed again by Beck et al. in 1988 were used to collect data. SPSS 20.0 package program was used to analyze the data; t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to evaluate the data obtained from the scales. According to our results, the anxiety and hopelessness levels of students of the 2015/16 academic year were found to be high. Of these students, the anxiety and hopelessness levels of the 4th grade students were determined to be high. It was observed that the anxiety levels of the male students of the 2018/19 academic year were high. When all the students participating in the study are considered, it was found that, in terms of gender, the hopelessness levels of the male students were high and; in terms of grade, the anxiety levels of the 3rd and 4th grade students were high.  

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