Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of sports participation on perceived stress level in deaf adolescents and young adults. A total of 110 deaf people aged between 14 and 25 years participated in the study. The Turkish version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to assess perceived stress level of the participants. The scale is a 5-item Likert scale and 10-item scale. The scores of PSS-10 consist of 0-40.44 (40.0%) of the participants were female and 66 (60.0%) were male. The mean age of female participants were 16,66 ± 1,36 years and male participants were 17,74 ± 1,65 years. Of the participants, 85 (77.3%) had antenatal and 25 (22.7%) had post-partum hearing impairment. Of the participants, 67 (60.9%) did participate sports and 43 (39.1%) did not participate in sports. No statistically significant difference was found in terms of sex, hearing disability level and having congenital or acquired disability (p> 0.05). The total score of PSS of the athletes were 22,33 ± 6,33 and the total score of the non-athletes were 26,74 ± 3,46. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups (p <0.05). However, no statistically significant difference was found in terms of gender, the grades of hearing disability, and having congenital or acquired disability (p> 0.05). The results of our study showed that the perceived stress levels of deaf adolescents and young adults who participate in sports were lower than compared who did not participate in sports. This study demonstrated sports participation might recommend to adolescents and young adults with hearing impairment for reducing stress.
Highlights
Stress is the biochemical response of the body to a threatening condition in causing stress (Ellison, 1990; Sanlı, 2017)
The results of our study showed that the perceived stress levels of deaf adolescents and young adults who participate in sports were lower than compared who did not participate in sports
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of sports participation on perceived stress level in deaf adolescents and young adults
Summary
Stress is the biochemical response of the body to a threatening condition in causing stress (Ellison, 1990; Sanlı, 2017). Stress is about adults (Wible, 2013), Children and adolescents can experience stress just like adults This stress of children and adolescents can be caused by various situations such as achieving academic success, making and maintaining friends, and managing the expectations of their parents and teachers (APA 2009; Oral and Ersan, 2017). Stress affects the well-being of a person, decreasing his capacity and making compelling effects (Ünal and Ümmet, 2005). In this context, it is known that disabled students face many problems that exceed their physical and psychological boundaries and force their capacity (Savcı and Aysan, 2014)
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