Emotions in the physical activities of Czech students who are deaf or hard of hearing in general and special education.

Positive and negative emotional reactions have been examined in the second stage of elementary school after physical education classes through examinations involving students who are deaf or hard of hearing (N = 7, mean of age = 14.43 years, SD = 1.27), their hearing classmates (N = 125, mean of age = 13.75 years, SD = 0.97) and students who are deaf or hard of hearing in schools for the deaf (N = 32, mean of age = 15.19 years, SD = 1.24). In the evaluation of negative emotional reactions, significantly higher values were found in deaf or hard of hearing students who were included in a general school than in students in schools for the deaf. Differences were found in the dimensions of the feelings of fatigue, frustration, anger, discomfort, negative attitudes towards physical education and sport. The worries of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in mainstream education about communication misunderstandings, delayed reactions to starting an action or worries about damage to their hearing aid in contact sports played in physical education classes manifested themselves in feelings of anxiety and tension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]