Examination of parents' attitudes towards and orientations towards sports activities who send and do not send their children to recreative sports activities

The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes towards sports activities and the orientation towards sports events of parents who do and do not send their children to recreational sports activities. It is also aimed to examine the differences in parents' attitudes towards sports, their orientation towards sports activities and their attitudes towards extracurricular sports activities according to some demographic variables. In this context, the study analyzes whether parents who send their children to sports activities have more positive attitudes towards sports compared to parents who do not send their children and how their attitudes towards extracurricular sports activities are shaped. The research group consists of parents of children who attend and do not attend different sports schools in the Muratpaşa district of Antalya. A total of 437 parents, 253 female and 184 male, participated in the study. In the study, data were collected using questionnaires and scales for parents based on the quantitative research method. As data collection tools, a personal information form and the "Orientation to Sports Activities" scale adapted to Turkish by Çevik et al. (2018), the "Attitude Towards Sports" scale developed by Şentürk (2014), and the "Parental Attitude Towards Extracurricular Sports Activities" Scale developed by Yılmaz and Güven (2015) were used. In the analysis of the data, t-test and ANOVA, Tukey's multiple comparison, and Pearson Correlation test were used as statistical methods. According to the findings, it was observed that parents who sent their children to sports activities had more positive attitudes towards extracurricular sports activities and their attitudes towards sports and orientation towards sports activities were also higher. In addition, it was observed that there was a significant and positive relationship between parents' attitudes towards sports and orientation towards sports activities and their attitudes towards extracurricular sports activities.