مشخصات پژوهش

The aim of this study is to determine how much the women who taekwondo in Turkey are satisfied with their bodies according to their ages, weight classes, sports ages and education. The study includes female taekwondo doers [Xage= 22,17  (106 athletes)] who are qualified for selection of national team held in Ankara immediately after competed in Turkey Adults Championship in Alanya, 2013. The level of the satisfaction of taekwondo doers with their bodies is measured by ”_BBHÖ which is a scale used to measure the satisfaction level of the body parts and its features”. As a result of the study, there are significant different satisfaction levels in terms of the age of athletes, sports ages, weight classes and educational levels. According to the findings, with regard to age of the female athletes, significant differences are found only in their body parts [F4.890;p=0,009] Body multiple comparison test (Scheffe) shows that there is a statistically difference between the age group of 16-20 and 21-25. In terms of weight classes, the difference is found in only overall appearance of the body [F=2.536; p=0,012] Overall appearance of the body multiple comparison test (Scheffe) shows that each weight class group of 46 Kg, 49 Kg, 53 Kg, 57 kg, 62 Kg ve 67 Kg differs from that of 73 kg. According to sports age and educational level, not many significant differences are observed (p<0,05).