Background: In addition to the fact that the concept of passion in sports plays a significant role in the formation of the identity concept of athletes, the dedication of athletes to the sports branches they are interested in also has a significant impact on their passion for the sport they are interested in as well as their identity as an athlete. In this direction, the research aims to investigate the role of dedication as a mediator and moderator in the relationship between athlete identity and passion in sport.Methods: The research was designed using the quantitative research technique of relational surveying. As data collection instruments for the research, the athlete identity scale, the passion in sport scale, and the sports commitment scale were utilized. 237 amateur and professional athletes, of which 142 were male and 95 were female (Mage = 22.7), participated voluntarily in the study by random sampling. The data were analyzed with the PROCESS and Jamovi programs in order to examine the direct and indirect effects.Results: Significant effects of sports passion on commitment and athlete identity were found. Since both dedication and athlete identity had a significant effect on passion for sports, it was determined that passion for sports continues to influence athlete identity through the medium of dedication. The moderator significance of medium, high, and low values of devotion was determined.Ethics approval number: 226394, date of registration: 03/11/2022.Conclusion: On the basis of the results of the statistical analyses, it was determined that the concept of dedication has a mediating and moderating effect on the relationship between sports passion and athlete identity.

Aim: This study examines the effects of peer bullying that middle school students experience in physical education classes on school burnout and school satisfaction to understand children’s well-being in this important stage of their lives. Method: The study was conducted with 829 students from 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in Türkiye of both genders (403 male, 426 female), with an age mean of 11.7 ± 1.16 years old. Data were collected using the Physical Education Class Perceived Bullying Scale, developed by the researchers in the present study, along with the School Burnout Scale and the School Satisfaction Scale for Children. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data and examine the direct and indirect relationships between students’ perception of bullying, school burnout and satisfaction. Results: The findings indicate that perceived bullying in physical education classes positively and significantly predicts school burnout (β = 0.388, p < 0.001), while it negatively and significantly affects school satisfaction (β = −0.122, p = 0.006). Moreover, significant positive relationships were found between perceived bullying and school burnout, and significant negative relationships were found between perceived bullying and school satisfaction. Conclusions: This study reveals that peer bullying in physical education classes significantly affects students’ school burnout and satisfaction. These findings highlight the need for developing effective strategies to prevent bullying in educational settings and promote children’s healthcare and well-being.

Bu araştırmanın amacı Tokyo 2020 Olimpiyatları'nda Türkiye'yi 4x100 metre bayrak yarışında temsil eden atlet Oğuz Uyar’ın deneyimlerini öyküleyici bir yaklaşımla incelemektedir. Araştırmada ayrıca, Uyar’ın olimpiyatlara hazırlık sürecinde karşılaştığı sosyal, fiziksel ve psikolojik zorlukları ve bunlarla baş etme yöntemlerini anlamaktır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden anlatı araştırması kullanılmış ve veriler, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yoluyla toplanmıştır. Görüşmeler, tematik analiz yöntemi kullanılarak incelenmiş ve beş ana tema belirlenmiştir: atletizme başlangıç, olimpiyat deneyimi ve beklenmedik fırsatlar, aile ve çevrenin desteği, psikolojik ve fiziksel mücadele olarak tespit edilmiştir. Uyar, atletizme öğretmenlerinin yönlendirmesiyle başlamış, kısa sürede milli takıma seçilmiştir. Olimpiyatlar ise planlanmış bir hedef olmaktan ziyade beklenmedik bir fırsat olarak ortaya çıktığı tespit edilmiştir. Olimpiyatların ertelenmesi, hazırlık süresini artırarak performansını geliştirme şansı tanımıştır. Ayrıca, ailesi ve sosyal çevresinin desteği, başarılarıyla birlikte güçlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte, fiziksel antrenmanların zorluğu, psikolojik baskılar ve profesyonel destek eksikliği yaşadığı görülmüştür. Ancak antrenörünün rehberliği ve elde ettiği başarılar, Uyar’ın spora devam etme motivasyonunu pekiştirmiştir. Araştırmada, Türk sporcuların olimpiyatlara hazırlanma sürecinde yaşadıkları bireysel ve sistemsel zorlukları ortaya koyarak, spor altyapısının geliştirilmesi ve psikolojik destek mekanizmalarının güçlendirilmesi gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılabilir. Bu bulgular, spor politikalarının iyileştirilmesi için önemli çıkarımlar sunmaktadır.

Background and Study Aim. Health literacy is the ability to access health information, understand, evaluate and apply health information. The health literacy of athletes may be determinant in the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic process and in the level of the impact of this health-related anxiety factor. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between college athletes' COVID-19 anxiety levels and their health literacy levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods. College athletes between the ages of 18 and 32 participated in the study and the average age was 24.2. A total of 234 elite collage athletes participated in the study. 133 of the participants were males and 101 were females. COVID-19 Anxiety Scale was used to determine the COVID-19 anxiety states and Health Literacy index was used to the level of health literacy of the participants in the COVID-19 pandemic process. Pearson correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis were performed for statistical analyses. Significance level in analysis has been accepted as p. < 05. Results. Our findings revealed that there were significant relationships between elite athletes' health literacy sub-dimension scores and COVID-anxiety level. In addition, it was determined that access to information and understanding information sub-dimensions from health literacy sub-dimensions predicted elite college athletes’ the COVID-19 anxiety level at 21.2%. As a result, elite college athletes had low levels of anxiety against COVID-19, and this situation associated with their high level of health literacy. Conclusions. The increase of elite college athletes' the level of health literacy will decrease their anxiety levels. It will be beneficial to implement training programs that can increase their health literacy levels in order to reduce the impact of the unexpected health crisis due to COVID-19, especially the anxiety levels of college athletes.

Bu araştırmanın amacı beden eğitimi ve spor öğretmenliği bölümlerinin yeterliliği hakkında öğretmen görüşlerini incelemektir. Araştırmada karma yöntemlerden yakınsayan paralel desen kullanılmıştır. Nitel araştırma grubunu, 20 beden eğitimi öğretmeni oluştururken nicel araştırma grubunu 283 beden eğitimi öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, “yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu” ve “Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği Bölümlerinin Yeterliliği Ölçeği (BESÖBYÖ)” kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda beden eğitimi öğretmenleri mezun oldukları lisans programlarının Milli Eğitim Bakanlığına bağlı okulların imkan ve şartlarına uygun nitelikte beden eğitimi öğretmeni yetiştirmediklerini ifade etmişlerdir. Ayrıca lisans derslerini yürüten öğretim elemanlarının yeterli sayıda olmadıkları ve bazı derslerde nitelik bakımından yetersiz kaldıklarını ileri sürmüşlerdir. Beden eğitimi öğretmenleri beden eğitimi ve spor öğretmenliği bölümlerinin tesis ve sosyal imkânlar açısından problemlerin olduğunu belirtmişlerdir.

This study aimed to examine physical education teachers’ perceptions of work alienation in Turkey according to different variables (including gender, marital status, school level, availability of a gym in the school, age, and years of service) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected sustainability in education on a global scale. The study employed the survey method and research data were collected from 442 volunteer physical education teachers working in different provinces of Turkey through the “Physical Education Teachers’ Alienation to Work Scale”. The results showed that physical education teachers had low levels of alienation in their work. The scale’s subdimensions ‘occupational isolation’ and ‘powerlessness’ indicated higher levels of work alienation compared to other subdimensions. Among teachers who had completed their graduate education, the level of work alienation was higher in the subdimensions ‘powerlessness’ and ‘occupational alienation’. Based on a comparison with prior research on sustainability in education, the COVID-19 pandemic could be said to have no significant impact on physical education teachers’ levels of work alienation. The cause of work alienation among physical education teachers was structural issues rather than specific time-bound events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.