Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes

The aim of this study is to compare depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes. To the study, 130 elite wrestlers and 130 elite taekwondo athletes who are now competiting in the league between Universities. “Beck Depression Inventory” was used to define the depression levels of the...

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Main Authors: Emrah Yılmaz, Mahmut Alp, Mehmet Kumartaslı, Sinan Gokbel
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Language:English
Published: Selcuk University Press 2015-07-01
Series:Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200696
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author Emrah Yılmaz
Mahmut Alp
Mehmet Kumartaslı
Sinan Gokbel
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description The aim of this study is to compare depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes. To the study, 130 elite wrestlers and 130 elite taekwondo athletes who are now competiting in the league between Universities. “Beck Depression Inventory” was used to define the depression levels of the athletes. For analyzing datas, SPSS 18 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) was used. For analyzing datas statistically, Independent Sample t Test was done. As a result of test depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes , the difference between groups was found to be statistically significant (p lt;0,05). To conclude our study, elite wrestler were defined more depressive than elite taekwondo athletes, so both of branches needed psychiatric examination according to possibility situation of the inventory.
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spelling doaj-art-72bc9a56eb644f05b5f109f4da4dfa432025-01-02T22:46:06ZengSelcuk University PressTürk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi2147-56522015-07-011716670154Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletesEmrah YılmazMahmut AlpMehmet KumartaslıSinan GokbelThe aim of this study is to compare depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes. To the study, 130 elite wrestlers and 130 elite taekwondo athletes who are now competiting in the league between Universities. “Beck Depression Inventory” was used to define the depression levels of the athletes. For analyzing datas, SPSS 18 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) was used. For analyzing datas statistically, Independent Sample t Test was done. As a result of test depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes , the difference between groups was found to be statistically significant (p lt;0,05). To conclude our study, elite wrestler were defined more depressive than elite taekwondo athletes, so both of branches needed psychiatric examination according to possibility situation of the inventory.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200696wrestling; taekwondo; depression
spellingShingle Emrah Yılmaz
Mahmut Alp
Mehmet Kumartaslı
Sinan Gokbel
Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
wrestling; taekwondo; depression
title Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
title_full Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
title_fullStr Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
title_short Comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
title_sort comparison of depression levels of elite wrestling and taekwondo athletes
topic wrestling; taekwondo; depression
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/200696
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