Examination of the relationships between sports faculty students attitudes towards sports, social-emotional competence and social appearance anxiety levels

This study was conducted to examine the relationships between attitudes towards sport, social-emotional competence and social appearance anxiety levels of sport sciences faculty students. In this context, the relational survey model was used consistent with the purpose of the quantitative study. The sample group of the study consisted of a total of 302 sports sciences faculty students, 112 womans and 190 mans. Convenience sampling method was used in the selection of the research group. A questionnaire form was used as a data collection tool and this form consists of four parts. The first part of this questionnaire consists of "Personal Information Form", the second part consists of "Attitude Towards Sports Scale", the third part consists of "Social-Emotional Competence Scale" and the fourth part consists of "Social Appearance Anxiety Scale". First, descriptive statistics of the raw data obtained through this form were calculated considering the type of data. Difference and correlation analyzes were conducted for the data obtained in the study. In this context, significant differences were found in the participants' attitudes towards sports according to the department variable and social appearance anxiety according to the class variable. In addition, it was determined that there were significant relationships between the participants' ages and social appearance anxiety at a low level in a positive direction and between the average monthly personal income levels and physical development attitudes, On the other hand, no significant difference was found within the scope of gender and active sports variables and no significant relationship was found within the scope of monthly average family income level variable. In addition, no significant relationship was observed between the participants' social appearance concerns and their attitudes towards sports and social-emotional competence levels. However, it was determined that there were positive, moderately significant relationships between the participants' attitudes towards sports and their social-emotional competencies. Accordingly, it can be concluded that as the participants' attitudes towards sports increase, their social-emotional competencies also increase.