Investigation of injury anxiety levels and psychological needs in sports of individuals taking crossfit training

The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of sports injury fear and sports psychological needs of individuals who regularly practice CrossFit sports. The mean age was 30.30±6.75 years, the mean height was 1.74±0.08 meters, the mean body weight was 76.20±15.99 kg, and the mean body mass index was 24.84±3.73 (n:100) in 100 volunteers who participated in the study. A descriptive survey model was used. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale, and the Psychological Needs Status Scale in Sport. SPSS package program was used for analyses, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Levene tests were applied to test normality and homogeneity. Independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and LSD correction test were used to evaluate the results. The relationships between the subdimensions of the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale and the variables of gender, marital status, purpose of doing CrossFit, and enjoyment were examined. According to the results, significance was found in the pain anxiety sub-dimension of the sports injury anxiety scale according to the gender variable (p<0.05). Regarding marital status, all sub-dimensions and the total score of the Sports Injury Anxiety Scale were significant (p<0.05). According to the purpose of doing CrossFit, a significant difference was found in favor of weight loss in the sub-dimension of the psychological needs in sport status scale competence inhibition (p<0.05). These results provide important insights that may help athletes to better evaluate the relationships between injury concerns and psychological needs and to understand their sport participation, performance, and psychological responses.