GÜRPINAR, Bahri Akdeniz Üniversitesi - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği Bölümü, Turkey

Sources of Stress and the Coping Methods of Wheelchair Basketball Referees

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The purpose of this study was to describe the main sources of stress and of coping strategies experienced by Turkish Wheelchair Basketball Referees. Referees in the wheelchair basketball leagues participated in this research. “Basketball Official’s Stress Survey (BOSS)” was used as the data collection tool. The internal consistency coefficient of the questionnaire was found to be 0.77 for the 14 items.The survey was applied to 6 international and Class A, 25 Class A and 30 Class B level referees, a total 61 referees in the mid-clinic of the season of 2011-2012. At the end of this research the highest average value was “Physical and Verbal Aggression Threat” (M = 2.32, Sd = 0.73) and the lowest average value was the “Existence of Others” (M = 2.11, Sd = 0.64) in the sub-dimensions of the stress resources of wheelchair basketball referees. When the 14 sources of stress in the BOSS are analyzed in detail, it can be seen that the most stressful situation was “Problem Working with Partner” (M = 2.93, Sd = 1.05) and the least stressful situation was according to these wheelchair basketball referees, “Giving Technical Foul”. The most commonly employed coping strategies were respectively: Positive Cognitive Approach (M = 3,62, Sd = 0,74), Behavioral Approach (M = 2,44, Sd = 0,74) and Negative Cognitive Approach (M = 1,67, Sd = 0,55).

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Wheelchair Basketball , Referee , Stress , Coping Methods

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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