Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify the loneliness and life satisfaction of wrestlers registered to Turkey Olympics Preparation Center TOPC Project and understand how it is affected by demographic variables. Data collected from 40 wrestlers selected from various cities of Turkey and already being trained in Olympics preparation center. During the collection of research data “UCLA Loneliness Scale” which developed by Russell, Peplau & Cutrona 1980 and transleted into Turkish by Demir 1989 , and ““The Satisfaction Scale” which developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin 1985 and transleted into Turkish by Yetim 1991 were used. T-test and Anova analysis used to understand how loneliness and life satisfaction level of these sportsmen changes according to some demographic variables. To understand the relation between sportsmen loneliness and life satisfaction levels, pearson correlation analysis is used.The results show that, loneliness and life satisfaction of sportsmen have no statistically significant difference with education, marial status, family type, age, birth place, date of performing sports variables while statistically significant difference found between the achievements of sportsmen and loneliness and life satisfaction. Positive and medium level relation found between loneliness and life satisfaction. According to the findings of the analysis, loneliness level of wrestlers contributed to the study is found to be medium, while life satisfaction level is high

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