The participation of university students in physical activities based on sport and the effect of the students'quality of life on academic achievement and socialisation (Sample of Eskisehir Osmangazi University)

The aim of this study is to evaluate the participation of university students in physical activities based on sport and the effects of quality of life on the students' academic achievement and socialization. The sample of the study is composed of 1057 students from different departments who are in their second year or upper classes at Osmangazi University in the academic year of 2013-2014. Cooper physical activity scale was used to determine the level of participation to physical activities based on sport, WHOQOL BREF scale was used to detect the quality of life, grade point average was used to decide the academic success and socialization scale of physical activity based on sport was used to determine socialization levels. SPSS 18,0 and LISREL 8,80 packet programs were used to analyse the data. In analyzing the data in the first session the lost values, extreme values and the normal distribution of the data have been determined. For demographic features (sex, age, the amount of monthly expenses, accommodation form, educational fields and social class) frequency and percentage tables, reliability tests (Cronbach Alpha) and ,by quality of life and physical activities based on sports, to establish reliability of socializing measures explanatory and confirmative factorial analyses have been used. To determine the difference between joining in physical activities based on sports, quality of life, academic standing and by quality of life and physical activities based on sports, t test chi square independency test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been used and to determine the level of relation between multiple comparison tests (Tukey HSD and Tamhane T2), joining in physical activities based on sports found in the searching model, quality of life and its sub dimensions, academic standing, socializing with the physical activities based on sports and its sub dimensions correlation analysis has been used. In the light of the findings obtained, a significant relation (p<0.01) in a positive way has been determined between physical activities based on sports and quality of life (0.57), between joining in physical activities based on sports and academic standing (0.43), between joining in physical activities based on sports and socializing (0.31), between quality of life and academic standing (0.31), between quality of life and socializing with the physical activities based on sports (0.44).