Investigation of the relationship between the attitudes of participation in sports and the quality of life of adolescent individuals participating in 11-14 age group sports activities "Denizli province case study"

It is of great importance that sports are done by individuals from all walks of life and all ages. It is very important that the sports activities carried out by the municipalities are suitable for the participation of all segments and individuals of all ages in terms of determining the attitude towards sports and the quality of life. For this reason, the research was carried out with the aim of "Examination of sports participation attitudes and quality of life of adolescents participating in sports activities in the 11-14 age group". The universe of the research consists of children participating in sports activities organized by Denizli metropolitan municipality and Merkezefendi municipality. The research group, on the other hand, consists of 384 people who participated in this sports activity between the ages of 11-14 on a voluntary basis. Personal information form prepared by the researcher and attitude towards sports and quality of life scale were used as data collection tools in the study. Data collection tools were filled in after the sample group was informed about the subject. A total of 384 students, 213 women and 171 men, responded to the survey. The obtained data were transferred to the appropriate statistical program in the computer environment for statistical processing. Descriptive statistics, independent groups t test and Pearson correlation analysis were performed as statistical procedures. Evaluation of data Interpretations were made by accepting a significance level of 0.05. As a result of the data obtained within the scope of the research, it was found that the attitudes towards sports and quality of life are high in the individuals participating in the sports activities of the municipalities, there is no significant difference in the attitudes and quality of life towards sports according to the variables of gender and sport type, but the attitude towards sports and the quality of life in terms of the year of participation in sports variable. Significant differences were found at the 0.05 significance level. In addition, it was observed that there was a high level of positive and significant relationship between attitude towards sports and quality of life.