Investigation of the relationship between anxiety and psychological well-being in wrestlers

The aim of the research is to Decipher the mediating role of positivity in the relationship between anxiety and psychological well-being in wrestlers. In this research, descriptive screening model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. A total of 330 volunteer wrestlers, including 234 male and 96 female wrestlers engaged in wrestling in sports clubs in different cities of Turkey, participated in the study. Trait Anxiety Scale, Psychological Well-Being Scale and Demographic Information Form were used as data collection tools. While it was found that there was a significant difference in favor of female participants in the sub-dimension of constant anxiety according to the gender variable of the participants (p<0.05), no significant difference was found in the sub-dimension of psychological well-being according to the gender variable(p>0.05). While there was no significant difference in the sub-dimension of constant anxiety according to the age variable of the participants (p>0.05), there was a significant difference in the sub-dimension of psychological well-being (F(2- 329)=,5,536; p<0.05) according to the age variable of the participants. In addition, it was found that there was a significant difference in the psychological well-being (F(2- 329)=,5,025; p<0.05) sub-dimension of the participants according to the occupational variable. As a result of the LSD analysis conducted to determine which groups the difference is between, it was found that the psychological Deciency of public employees is higher compared to other professional groups. As a result, it can be said that the psychological well-being levels decreased as the anxiety level increased in the wrestlers involved in the study. Key Words: Wrestling, Anxiety, Psychological well-being.