Examination of the Relationship between Self-regulation Skills and Psychological Help Needs of University Students Receiving Sports Education

Abstract

The objective of study is to examine connection among self-regulation skills and psychological help needs of university students receiving sports education. Survey model has been used in research. The population of study comprises of a sum of 1569 students from Selcuk University Faculty of Sport Sciences and Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Education Physical Education and Sport Department in 2020-2021 Academic Year in Turkey. The sample of research consisted of 420 university students who were selected from this population by using the purposive sampling method. In research “Personal Information Form”, “Self-Regulation Questionaire (SRQ)” and “Psychological Help Needs Determination Scale (PHNDS)” have been used. Analysis of data was performed via t test, ANOVA test, Pearson Product Moments Correlation test, Tukey for homogeneous distribution and Tamhane's T2 test for non-homogeneous distribution were preferred. In accordance with results it has been specified that there is a negative and low-level significant connection among the need for psychological help and self-regulation skills.