The Evaluation of Sport and Psychological Stress Relationship in Handball Players in Ataturk University Physical education

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sports participation on the psychological stress levels of handball players. Research subjects for the control group were 30 people chosen randomly. The subjects of stress were tested by a 40item stress questionnaire and then tested in step independent variable “Sports participation” included handball education and skills training for three months and three weekly sessions of 75-90 minutes. We did not observe significant difference between the mean scores of stress-control group and experiment group scores at pre-test in p<0.05; significant differences were observed between the mean of control and experiment group stress on the post- test stage (p<0.05) and between the mean of stress in the control group pre-test and post-test in (p<0.05). Significant difference was observed statistically meaningful differences were observed between the mean scores of stress in the experiment group pre-test and post-test (p<0.05).