The Effects of Football and Volleyball Training on Neurotic Values of 30-40 Age Group Male Police Officers

Abstract

Backraound: In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of football and volleyball training on the neurotic values of 30-40 age group male police officers and to contribute to the studies and literature in this field.The universe of the research consists of 45 male police officers aged 30-40 working in Altınordu district of Ordu province in 2019. 
 Material and Method: The research is in quasi-experimental research design model. "Eysenck Personality Inventory" was used in the study. Statistical analysis of the data was made with the SPSS 21 program. In the study, the compliance of the data to the normal distribution was tested by using the Shapiro-Wilk test and it was observed that the applied test was suitable for the groups. In comparing the means of more than two groups, one-way analysis of variance (Anova) was used for unrelated samples, and one-way analysis of variance was used for repeated measures in more than two comparisons of a group.
 Results: When the general evaluation is made according to the research results; In the first week of the Eysenck Personality Inventory, it was observed that the volleyball group had the lowest score, while the score of the control group was higher than the volleyball group, and the score of the football group was higher than the control group. In the fourth and eighth week applications of the post-training test, the lowest score was found in the volleyball group, the football group got higher scores than the volleyball group, and the control group got higher scores than the football group. While the overall mean scores of the groups decreased in the volleyball and football groups, fluctuations were observed in the scores of the control group. Considering the neurotic score averages of the test, the volleyball group got the lowest value according to the test applied in the first week, while the football and the control group had a high value with equal values. While the neurotic value averages of the volleyball and football groups decreased after the trainings applied, the neurotic score average of the control group first increased and then decreased. In the study, it was determined that sports positively affect the neuroticism values of individuals. 
 Conclusion: According to the results obtained with this study, it has been revealed that doing sports is one of the most effective options for people who work under high stress, especially for police officers, to get rid of the stored negative energy and to have a more positive perspective on life.The results of the study were evaluated with similar studies, and recommendations were made based on the findings.