Comparison of trait anger and anger expression of Blind Athletes

This research for the visually impaired whom exercise different sports branches, trait anger and anger expression were investigated. 150 male sight-disabled sportsmen who took part in Goal ball, B1, B2-B3 Futsal, Athletics and Judo competitions that are included in 2011-2012 season activity program of Turkish Blind Sport Federation have voluntarily participated in the research. “Personal Information Form” has been created to obtain information belonging to the sight-disabled who participated in the research. For determining the trait anger and anger expression styles of the individuals, on the other hand, “Trait Anger – Anger Expression Styles Scale”, which was developed by Spielberger in 1983 and validity and reliability of which was proved by ?zer (1994) for our country, has been used. These forms were filled one by one by being converted to Braille alphabet and with the help of asking questions face to face to each sight-disabled sportsman. The obtained data were assessed by means of SPSS statistics package program and their level of significance is taken as (p < 0.05). As a result of the research, no significant difference was found between the branches of sports and trait anger – anger expression styles of sight-disabled individuals who participated in the research. A significant difference was detected between the sight-disabled individuals’ sport year, how they identify themselves, the attitude of their families towards them and trait anger – anger expression styles scores.