Investigation of Humor Styles of National Athletes in Terms of Some Variables

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the humor styles of the national athletes who took part in the Turkish Athletics Federation in 2016 according to some variables. The research group included 176 volunteer national athletes (64 females, 112 males) who are active in various nationality grades (A, B and C) in the Turkish Athletics Federation. In the research study, “Humor Styles Scale”, developed by Martin et al. (2003) and translated into Turkish by Yerlikaya (2003), was used as data collection tool. The data obtained in the study was analyzed by the SPSS 22 packet program.The margin of error in the study was taken as p<0.05. The cronbach alpha value of the study was found to be 0.71.Consequently; when the sub-dimensions with some variables of humor styles of national athletes participating in the research are examined, a statistically significant difference was determined in the self-improving humor style sub-dimension in the gender variable. The level of self-improving humor was higher in women than in men. A statistically significant difference was observed in subscale of aggressive and self-destructive humor styles in age variable. When the educational status variable is examined, it is observed that there is a statistically significant difference in the self-destructive humor style sub-dimension.