The effect of anger styles and problem solving skills on decision-making styles of individuals studying and graduated from the department of sports management

People find it difficult to keep up with rapid social changes. The diversity and content of relationships in social life makes the interaction with people superficial. This development period, which corresponds to the university education period, is also of critical importance for students. In this respect, it is important to reveal the problem solving skills, decision-making styles and anger styles of students who are studying or graduating from the faculty of physical education and sports sciences in terms of recognizing students and supporting their development. For this reason, revealing the problem solving skills, decision-making styles and anger styles of the students who graduated from the faculties of physical education and sports sciences were effective in conducting this study. In the research, it is aimed to reveal the relationships between the ability of students and graduates studying in sports management to solve problems, their decision-making styles and anger styles scores. For this purpose, the relational survey model, one of the descriptive research models, was used in the research. The sample of the study, on the other hand, consists of a total of 400 participants, 151 students and 249 graduates, determined by random sampling method. Personal information form including demographic characteristics, Problem Solving Inventory, Melbourne Decision Making Inventory II and Multidimensional Anger Scale (Behaviors Related to Anger) were applied as data collection tools in the study. SPSS 25.0 data analysis program was used in the analysis of the research data. Kruskal Wallis-H Test and Mann Whitney U Test were used in comparisons, and Spearman Correlation analysis was used in relational analysis. As a result of the research, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference in the Melbourne Decision-Making Inventory, Problem Solving Inventory and Aggression (MCS) scores of students and graduates. It has been concluded that students and graduates have similar decision-making and aggression levels and problem-solving abilities.