The Analysis of Athletes Levels of Coronavirus-19 Phobia

Authors : Mehmet Yildirim, Oktay Çoban, Erol Baykan, Oğuz Gürkan

Pages : 104-116

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Publication Date : 2021-03-26

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The present study aims to analyze athletes’ levels of coronavirus phobia. The sample of the present study consists of 156 individual and 62 team athletes in different sports branches in Yozgat province of Turkey during the season 2019-2020. Athletes’ demographic features were obtained using a "personal information form”. Athletes’ levels of coronavirus phobia were measured using Coronavirus-19 phobia scale developed by Arpacı, Karataş and Baloğlu (2020). The statistical analysis of the obtained data was performed using SPSS 18 package program. In addition, normality test, frequency analysis, percentage analysis, arithmetic means, T test, ANOVA analysis and post hoc tests were used. The data analysis demonstrated the mean scale test score was 50.03. In terms of various variables such as sports branch (individual or team), age, history of coronavirus case in an acquaintance, monthly income from the sports branch, measures taken by managers in sports facilities and other people’s personal hygiene during the past/future trainings, statistically significant differences were found among participants’ mean total coronavirus phobia scale scores (p 0.05).
Keywords : Coronavirus, Sports, Athlete