Investigation of the effect of Islamic religion on the behaviors of traditional archery athletes in sporting activities

While the religion of İslam wants to stay away from all kinds of behaviors that are harmful to people, it has stated that sports activities, especially archery, should take an important place in people's lives as an alternative to staying away from these behaviors. In this context, when the verses and hadiths are examined, we see the main benefits of archery such as keeping people away from bad habits and providing mental and physical development. In this context, the aim of the thesis study is to evaluate the effect of İslamic religion on the behaviors of traditional archery athletes in their sportive activities and to examine these data in terms of demographic variables. The research group consists of 373 participants. For the purpose of data collection, "İslamic Religion Influence Scale in Sports Activities" was used. Percentage and frequency distributions, Spearman Correlation Analysis, Pearson Correlation Analysis, One-Way ANOVA and t-Test were applied in the analysis of the data. In addition, Hochberg and Games-Howell tests were used, taking into account the homogeneity of the groups, in order to determine from which groups the significant differentiation originated. According to the results of the research, there was a statistically significant difference depending on the sub-dimensions of the scale and the total scores according to the average scores obtained from the SFIDE scale regarding the variables of educational status, father's education level, frequency of training, the highest degree obtained in the branch, perceived religiosity and receiving religious education. It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference depending on the sub-dimensions of the scale and the total scores according to the average scores obtained from the SFIDE scale regarding the variables of gender, mother's education level and place of residence. In addition, according to the correlation analysis results of the participants' age, sports age, average monthly income and monthly average personal income level, and the sub-dimensions and total scores of the SFIDE scale, it was determined that there was no relationship between the variables and the sub-dimensions of the scale.