The applied statistical research on the effect of the martial physical education of aikido in individuals between 18-45 years on the cognitive emotion regulation strategies by physical therapy method

In this study, it is aimed to test Aikido, which is a style of Martial Arts physical education, as a psychotherapy method based on the hypothesis that it can be used as a method of cognitive emotion regulation therapy. The research is designed experimentally. In this study, it was investigated whether there was a change in cognitive emotion regulation strategies by applying the art of Aikido as a therapy to the participants. The data collection tool is composed of the emotion regulation scale and the personal information form. Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) used in the study was developed by Garnefski, Kraaij and Spinhoven (2002). The questionnaire is aimed to measure the cognitive emotion regulation strategies used by people after stressful life events. In the study, 50 participants in different age groups were taken as a study group. The Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire was given to the participants before starting the Aikido practices. After the survey, Aikido was run and the same questionnaire was repeated and the scores of the responses of the study group in the first test and the scores of their responses in the last test were analyzed statistically. In the conclusion part, because there is a spectacular wellness occured in the emotion regulation strategies of the participants; it is obvious that Aikido can be used as a therapy method in clinical psychology, sports and exercise psychology and clinical sports and exercise psychology in all sorts of demographic variations.