A Study on Vitality and Happiness Levels of Sports High School Students

Mustafa Barış Somoğlu,Ömer Faruk Yazici

doi:10.5296/jei.v7i3.19274

Mustafa Barış Somoğlu, Ömer Faruk Yazici

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https://doi.org/10.5296/jei.v7i3.19274

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Abstract

The present study is aimed at determining subjective vitality and subjective happiness levels of sport high school students and to examine the levels based on certain variables. Relational screening model was used in this study. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 185 students, 113 (61.1%) male and 72 (38.9%) female, who continued their education at “Trabzon Sports High School” in 2019-2020. “Personal Information Form” designed by the researcher, “Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS)” and “Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)” were used as data collection tools in the research. It was accepted that the research data showed a normal distribution according to the skewness and kurtosis values. Accordingly, descriptive statistics were used as a statistical method in the analysis of the data, and T-Test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation and regression analyzes were used for independent groups.In line with the research analysis, it was found that the students of sports high schools had above-average levels of vitality and happiness. It has been observed that the subjective vitality and happiness levels are higher among male students and students affiliated with a sports club (licensed/unlicensed). In addition, it was concluded that the subjective happiness and vitality levels are higher among students who do team sports and those who have longer years of practising sports, and no significant difference was determined according to the variable of socio-economic status of the family. As a result, it was found that there was a high (.81) significant positive correlation between subjective happiness and vitality. Another important result is that subjective vitality (66%) has an important role in predicting subjective happiness.

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The factors underlying human behavior have been the subject of research for centuries and the concept of happiness has generally been encountered as an answer to this question (Diener, 1984)
The present study is aimed at determining subjective vitality and subjective happiness levels of sport high school students and to examine the levels based on certain variables
It is safe to state that the students at the sports high school feel fit and happy

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The factors underlying human behavior have been the subject of research for centuries and the concept of happiness has generally been encountered as an answer to this question (Diener, 1984). Previous studies have generally dealt with negative emotional states, and positive situations affecting happiness have been ignored (Goleman, 2003; cited in Çelik, 2008). Positive psychology, which focuses on the positive aspects of people, stated that the individual should actualize himself at the highest level. Concepts such as life satisfaction, subjective well-being, psychological well-being, psychological resilience, and personal development have begun to appear in the literature (Csikszentmihalyi, 2005)

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