Yasin investigation of the effects of physical fitness and demographic status on social skills of students in the 10-12 age group(example of van province)

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of physical fitness status on social skills of students in the 10-12 age groups. Students educated in 5 private schools, 5 public schools located far from city, 5 public schools located close to the city participated in this this study, which was performed by scanning model. These students were between 10 and 12 years old. A total of 525 students, 270 male and 255 female students, participated in this study.Social skills scale, demographic questionnaire and physical fitness form were used as data collection tools. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS statistical package program. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test were used to showed normal distribution. During the analyses in the cases of data, normality and homogeneity of variances are provided; for binary comparisons independent t test, for multiple comparisons one way Anova test and for the determination of the source of differences between groups Tukey test were used. Mann-Whitney U test in binary comparisons and Kruskal – Wallis test in pairwise comparisons were used for non-parametric variables. In this study, the level of significance (P <0.05) was determined.According to the results of the independent t-test of Eurofit test data, by genders, it was released that there was a significant difference (P<0,05) between long jump, 30 second shuttle test, twisted arm test, 10x5 shuttle running test, social skill score. But in height, kilo, flamingo balance test, touch testing, sit long test, claw force test there was no significant difference (P>0,05).As a result, it is concluded that female students are more social than male students. The level of education of parents and the number of individuals in the family have an impact on students' social skills. While some physical fitness tests have an impact on social skills, it is concluded that some tests do not make a significant difference on social skills.