Comparing the Life Quality of the Students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Faculty of Education

Tahir Kiliç,Kıvılcım Kaplan,Nazmi Bayköse

doi:10.11114/jets.v6i8.3413

Abstract

Objective of this study is to compare the life quality of the students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Faculty of Education in Akdeniz University for the education year 2017-2018. The sample of the research study was composed of 895 students (448 female, 447 male) from Akdeniz University, Faculty of Sports Sciences and the Faculty of Education. The life qualityes of the studentes were evaluated according to the Turkish brief questionnaire (WOQOL-BREF TR) of WHOQOL life quality scale. WHOQOL life quality scale was developed by WOQOL group. WOQOL-BREF, a shorter form of this test, which involved 100 items, was developed by the same group and it was interpreted into Turkish afterwards, by Fidaner et al. (1999). Originally composed of 26 items, this scale's Turkish version was comprised of 27 items. The data was analyzed via SPSS package program. In order to determine the differences in socio-demographic features of the participant students, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was used, and for observing the group differences, Tukey HSD and Independent Sample T Test were used. When the results of the Life Quality Scale of the students were analyzed, it was observed that there was statistically no significant difference in any sub-dimension of the life satisfaction, including the life satisfaction total points.

Highlights

Change has always played its role in technology and life as in the developing and changing world, individuals and societies have been influenced from this situation as well
In accordance with abovementioned information, based on gender and faculty variables, the objective of this study is to examine the life quality levels of sports science students, who are receiving education in an intense physical activity program, and the students of faculty of education, who receive education in a lower physical activity program compared to the faculty of sports sciences
According to the results of this research study, it is observed that the life quality levels of the participants based on gender variable have similar means

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Change has always played its role in technology and life as in the developing and changing world, individuals and societies have been influenced from this situation as well. The schools, which left behind the outmoded information transfer responsibility, assume the role to prepare the students to life and to socialize them. It is considered an effective and important factor to have a high level of school life quality in order to assume this role, to be in tune with the time, and help the students improve academically, socially, and individually (Alaca, 2011; Alpkaya, 2010; İnal, 2009; Argon and Kösterelioğlu, 2009)

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