An Investigation of Relationship Between Alexithymia and Ego-Oriented Levels of Students at The Faculty of Sports Sciences

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate of students sport science faculty relationship between on their alexithymia status and ego-oriented goals levels to compare them according to different demographic variables. Methods: For data collection, “Alexithymia Scale” was used which was developed by Bagby et al. 5 and was adapted to turkish by Güleç et al. 6 For data collection, “Task and Ego Oriented Scale” was used which was developed by Duda. 7 and was adapted to turkish by Toros and Yetim 8 to 416 participants in total consisting of 138 female and 278 male students. For data analysis, through SPSS statistical packet program, frequency analysis, desciptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, one-way anova, tukey, pearson correlation analyze were performed. Results: A highly significant negative correlation was found between the participants' ego orientation averages and their alexithymia averages. (r= -.826, p<0.01). Conclusion: According to this; As the participants' alexithymia levels increased, their ego orientation decreased; in other words, it was concluded that as ego orientations increased, alexithymia levels decreased. Keywords: Alexithymia, Ego-oriented, Physical Educaiton, Sport.