Examination of Perceived Stress Levels of Tennis Players

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the perceived stress levels of tennis players according to some variables. These variables were considered as gender, age and year of doing sports. The universe of the research consists of a total of 290 tennis players, 138 women and 152 men, who play tennis in tennis clubs affiliated to the Tennis Federation in Turkey, randomly selected. Personal information form and the Perceived Stress Scale developed by Cohen et al. (1983) and adapted into Turkish by Baltaş et al. (1998) were used as data collection tools in the study. In research data analysis, the research is in the scanning model. Frequency analysis was performed for demographic factors. Among the analysis methods, Mann Whitney U Analysis and Kruskal Wallis Analysis were used. Binary Mann-Whitney U Analysis was used to understand in which group there was a difference in the variables that differed. According to the research findings; No significant difference was found in the perceived stress levels of tennis players according to gender and age (p>0.0.5). A significant difference was found in the perceived stress levels of tennis players according to the years of doing sports. this difference was found to be between 1-4 years and 9+ years (p=0.02), and between 5-8 years and 9+ years (p=0.01) (p<0.05). As a result, it was determined that the perceived stress level of tennis players increased as the years of doing sports increased. © 2021, Ataturk Universitesi. All rights reserved.