Examination of aggression levels of special needs athletes

In this study, it was aimed to examine the aggression and anger levels of special needs and healthy athletes. The sample of the study consists of 300 athletes with special needs and 150 healthy athletes. "Aggression and Anger Scale in Sports" developed by Gürbüz et al., (2019) was used as a data collection tool in the research. All analyzes were performed in SPSS 25.0 program and at a significance level of 0.05. There was no significant difference in aggression and anger sub-dimensions according to the gender variable of healthy athletes (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in the anger levels of the athletes with special needs according to the gender variable, but a significant difference was found in the aggression sub-dimension (p<0.05). While there was a significant difference in anger levels according to age variable in healthy and special needs athletes, no significant difference was found in aggression levels. While there was a significant difference in anger levels in healthy athletes according to the mother's occupation variable (p<0.05), no significant difference was found in aggression levels (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in aggression and anger levels in athletes with special needs according to the mother's occupation variable (p>0.05). There was no significant difference in aggression and anger levels according to father's occupation, number of siblings, father's education and mother's education variables of athletes with special needs and healthy athletes (p>0.05). No significant difference was found in the levels of aggression and anger between athletes and athletes with special needs according to gender, age and educational status variables (p>0.05). As a result, it was observed that gender affects the aggression levels of athletes with special needs, while age affects the anger levels of athletes with special needs. It is recommended to provide psychological support to families with special needs.