Education is expected to help individuals to be developed at the highest level by revealing their hidden powers and abilities. Sports is one of the important factors that helps children with need special education to take their places in daily life, to connect them to life by socializing, to orient themselves with motivation and to accept the idea that disability is not an obstacle to continue living. In this study, it was aimed to determine sport participation motivation levels of children with special educational needs. Method; descriptive survey model from quantitative research methods was used in the research. A total of 60 (20 Girls, 40 Boys) children from Mersin special education practice schools participated in the study. In the research, a personal information form prepared by the researchers and the "Scale of Motivation for Participation in Sports in Persons with Disabilities (SMPSPD)" developed by Tekkurşun, İlhan, Esentürk and Kan (2018) were used as a data collection tool. In the analysis of the data obtained in the research; Descriptive statistics and t-test, Pearson Moment Correlation, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. According to the findings; the mean scores of internal and external motivation of children who participated in sports activities were significantly higher than those who did not participate in sports activities. While there was no significant difference according to gender, a positive significant difference was found between the age and intrinsic motivation level of the children. As a result; It can be concluded that children with special educational needs have high motivation to participate in sports.
In this study, it was aimed to investigate physical activity enjoying and quality of life In this study, it was aimed to investigate physical activity enjoying and quality of life the parents who have mentally retarded children. The study was to create by parents of female (N = 72) and male (N = 35) with mentally disability children in two special education center schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Mersin. World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) and Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) were used to measure the quality of life of the parents. After the descriptive statistical procedures were applied in the analysis of the obtained data, t test and ANOVA and Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests were used to measure the differences between the variables. Significance was accepted as p <0.05 According to the findings; As a result of the comparison of the likelihood of physical activity of the parents who have mentally retarded children according to gender, a high significant difference was found between women and men total score averages for women with negative thinking (p <0.05). In our study, there was a significant correlation (p <0,05, p <0,01) from physical activity likelihood of positive thinking subscale total scores and quality of life. Negative Thinking As a result of the relational analysis of total scores and quality of life levels, only low level of relationship with Psychological Health (p <0.05) was determined. As a result of examining the health-related quality of life levels of the parents who have mentally retarded children according to age, a significant difference was observed between the mean scores of the age groups (p <0.05). In conclusion, it can be said that the enjoyment of physical activity affects parents' health-related quality of life and there is a significant relationship between age and quality of life.
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