Invistigation of sport attitude of university students

The aim of this study is to examine the students' attitude towards the sport according to the selected variables. 621 university students studying in different departments residing in Isparta participated in research volunteerly. In the research questionnaire method was used from the general screening models. The questionnaire consists of two parts. In the first part, sociodemographic questions prepared by the researcher were included in the questionnaire and in the second part the scale of "University Students' s towards Sports" developed by Koçak (2014) was used. SPSS 22 program was used for analysis of data. In the evaluation of the data, the values of normality were first examined by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. It was seen that the data did not fit the normal distribution. The data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis H test. Psychosocial sub-dimension, mental sub-dimension, total average of the active students were significantly higher than inactive students (p <0.05). The mental subscale rank average of those who were actively licensed were significantly higher than those without licenses (p <0.05). At any stage of their lives, the mental subscale average rank of those who exercised as licensed was significantly higher than those who did not have any license (p <0.05). Psychosocial sub-dimension, physical sub-dimension, mental sub-dimension, total attitude average of recreational participants were significantly higher (p <0.05). The physical attitudes of the students who took courses related to Physical Education Sports, Physical Activity, or Healthy Life in university education were significantly higher. The psychosocial subscale, physical subdimension, mental subscale, total attitude of the followers of sports news in the print or electronic media were higher than those who did not follow the average (p <0.05). Participants' mothers' sport performances significantly affected the participants' psychosocial sub-dimension, mental sub-dimension, total attitude rank averages (p <0.05). As a result, the attitude towards the sport is influenced by the childhood experiences, written and electronic news, the participation of the mother in the sport. For this reason, the participation of the sports of the individuals' mother should be increased and the individuals should be directed to the sports environment at the early ages. Key words: Attitude, Sports, Student, University. Page number: 68 Supervisor: Assoc. Dr. Emrah ATAY