Abstract
Purpose : The aim was to examine the psychological endurance and personality levels of the students studying at Faculty of Education and students studying at Faculty of Sports Sciences. Material and Method: Target population of the study was composed of students studying at Sakarya University in the academic year 2015-2016. The sample of the research consisted of a total of 365 (n = 197 males, n = 168 females) participants. They were educated at Faculty of Education (n=166) and Faculty of Sports Sciences (n=199) at Sakarya University. *Personal Information Form* by the researcher, Turkish adapted version of *Personality Inventory* were implemented. Also, Turkish adapted version of *Psychological Endurance Scale for Adults* were implemented. T-test was used for paired comparisons. Pearson Product-Moment Correlation (r) Coefficient was employed to determine the relationship between psychological endurance and five factor personality traits of the participants. Result : There was a significant difference between sporting situations, sporting year, sports branches of students in terms of total scores of psychological endurances. There was also a significant difference between gender, sporting situation, sporting year and socio-economic situations in terms of the personality traits of the students. Conclusion : The results show that the psychological endurance levels of those who do not play sports are lower than those who do any of the individual sport branches or team sports. In short, it can be said that doing sports affects psychological endurance positively.
Highlights
When the psychological endurance levels of the participants were compared according to the sporting situation, there was no statistically significant difference (t=1,533 P>0,05)
According to the branch variable, there was no statistical difference in the personality characteristics of participants who did not play sports, or did individual and team sports in terms of the difference between psychological endurance and personality traits
After examining the personality traits and psychological endurance levels of the students in terms of the variation of sporting years, there was no significant difference in terms of Self Discipline, Compatibility and Extroversion
Summary
Participants consists of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Faculty of Education of Sakarya. The sample of the research consists of 365 students (n(male)=197, n(female)=168). They were selected by random sampling method among the students of Sakarya University Hendek Education Faculty (n = 166) and Sports Sciences faculty (n = 199) students in 2015-2016 academic year. The questionnaire was tried to be applied to the students in the sampling group. The students who were not there and the students who did not want to participate in the questionnaire were not surveyed. The data were obtained by random sampling method
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