This study employed the correlational survey model to examine how regular exercise influenced life satisfaction, self-esteem, and self-efficacy in men over 65. The study sample included a total of 215 participants, of whom 110 exercised regularly (for at least 45 min, three times a week), while 105 engaged in no physical exercise. Regular exercisers were found to score significantly higher on life satisfaction, self-esteem, and self-efficacy scales as compared to non-exercisers. These scores also increased significantly with age and prolonged exercise history. A moderate and positive correlation was detected between life satisfaction, self-esteem, and self-efficacy among regular exercisers, while non-exercisers showed low to moderate correlations. The findings suggest that regular exercise can enhance life satisfaction, self-esteem, and self-efficacy in the elderly male population. Such effects appear to be associated with greater age and lifetime exercise history, highlighting the value of regular physical exercise in improving the quality of life among older adults.

Background/Objectives: The current study aimed to investigate the mediating role of injury anxiety in the relationship between mental training and flow state among wheelchair basketball athletes. Although mental training is known to be essential for enhancing athletic performance, the underlying mechanisms through which it affects psychological states such as flow have been studied very limitedly, especially in adaptive sports. Methods: The research was conducted using a correlational survey model within a quantitative research framework. The study sample consisted of a total of 153 elite male wheelchair basketball athletes competing in leagues in Türkiye. Hayes’ Process Macro Model was used to test the mediating effect in the analysis of the data. Results: The analyses revealed that mental training significantly reduced injury anxiety (β = −0.328, p < 0.001), accounting for 7.6% of its variance. Injury anxiety had a significant negative effect on optimal performance (β = −0.3380, p < 0.001). The direct effect of mental training on performance remained positive and significant (β = 0.4324, p < 0.001). Together, the variables explained 43% of the variance in optimal performance. The total effect of mental training was also significant (β = 0.543, p < 0.001). Conclusions: In conclusion, the findings of this study reveal that mental training plays a significant role in both reducing injury anxiety and enhancing optimal performance among wheelchair basketball players. It was determined that injury anxiety functions as a mediating variable in the relationship between mental training and flow.

Bu çalışma spor yöneticiliği bölümü öğrencilerinin sporda karşıt görüşe saygı ve öz denetimlerinin incelenmeyi hedeflemektedir. Araştırmanın evrenini İnönü Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri fakültesinde öğrenim gören spor yöneticiliği bölümü öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Spor yöneticiliği bölümünde öğrenim görmekte olan toplam 160 öğrenciden 159 öğrenci araştırmanın örneklem grubunu oluşturmaktadır. 99 erkek ve 60 kadın öğrenci araştırmanın örneklem grubunu oluşturmaktadır. Veriler 2020-2021 öğrenim yılı içerisinde spor yöneticiliği bölümünde öğrenim gören öğrencilerden gönüllülük esasına dayalı olarak toplanmıştır. Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemleri benimsenmektedir. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler IBM SPSS paket programında analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak kabul edilmiştir. Verilerin basıklık ve çarpıklık değerlerinin -2 ile +2 arasında olmaması sonucu verilerin normal dağılmadığına karar verilmiştir. Ölçek toplam puanı ve ölçek alt boyutlarına ait betimleyici istatistiklerin yanı sıra cinsiyet değişkenine bağlı olarak Mann Whitney U testi ve yaş değişkenine bağlı olarak Kruskal Wallis testleri uygulanarak yapılan istatistiksel veriler tablolar halinde verilmektedir. Cinsiyet değişkenine göre yapılan analiz sonuçlarına göre erkek ve kadın öğrenciler arasında rakibe yönelik saygı alt boyutunda anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilirken rakibe yönelik nefret alt boyutu ve toplam ölçek boyutunda anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilmemiştir. Yaş değişkenine göre yapılan Kruskal Wallis testi sonuçlarına göre rakibe yönelik saygı, rakibe yönelik nefret alt boyutları ve toplam ölçek alanında yaş değişkeni arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar saptanmamıştır. Sonuç olarak karşıt görüşe nefret puanlarının belirli bir seviyenin üstündedir bu bağlamda nefret söylemini ortadan kaldırmak amacıyla önlemler alınması önerilmektedir.

The aim of this research is to reveal the scope of the studies published within the scope of WoS regarding the concept of horticultural therapeutics and the variables used. Accordingly, the data obtained from the WoS database were analyzed through 1.6.19 VOSviewer. In our study, 673 results were reached in the search made from 1981 to 2024 by selecting “all fields” in Web of Science with the keywords (“horticultural therapy” OR “horticultural activity” OR “horticulture therapy” OR “therapeutic horticulture” OR “horticulture therapeutic recreation”). However, since the exclusion criteria were determined in our study, only articles and compilation articles and 458 data in the SCI-Expanded, SSCI, ESCI, and A&HCI indexes were analyzed. In the data analysis, analyses were conducted to determine the number of citations received and works pro-duced by authors, journals, countries, organizations, and the number of most frequently used words. The most frequently used keywords in publications related to the concept of horticultural therapy were horticultural therapy with 149 repetitions, gardening with 50 repetitions, mental health with 30 repetitions, therapeutic horticulture with 28 repetitions, and well-being with 22 repetitions. It is seen that horticultural therapy is the subject of “stress”, “anxiety”, “depression” and “psychological well-being” keywords.