Comparison of university students attention levels in different sport

In this study, it was desired to put forward that the severity and direction of relationship between athlete and sedentary university students who do different sport branches and the effect of sports, by measuring the attention levels. The study was designed with the basic hypothesis to compare the attentiveness levels of athletes and sedentary in terms of gender, indoor and outdoor areas, racket and hall sports, defense and other sports branches. The population of the research is composed of 942 students who study in Firat University 2016-2017 academic year and are active in sport activities in 16 branches (Athletics, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Futsal, Table Tennis, Tennis, Badminton, Boxing, Wrestling, Taekwondo, Handball, Kickboxing, Folk Dance, Karate, and Shooting) between the ages of 17-28. The sample of the study consisted of 342 students selected by simple random sample method among 942 students (273 active students and 69 sedentary students). The d2 attention test was used to measure the attention levels of the students participating in the study and the obtained data were analyzed and evaluated by chi-square test, independent groups t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS 22 statistical package program. In the study; it was observed that the students who play sports in the indoor are better than those who do sports in the outdoor areas (Outdoor TN-E 79.52%, Indoor TN-E 69.84%). At the same time, individual athletes were found to be better when compared to those who did individual sports and participated in team sports (Individual TN-E%80.10, Team TN-E%74.57). It can also be said that the racket athletes are more successful in comparing the racket and defense athletes (Racket TN-E%86.14, Defense TN-E%80,53). Sedentary (TN-E 74.88%) were generally low. As a result of the obtained findings, it can be said that the sport has a positive effect on attention.