Study of Social Skill Levels between Students of the School of Physical Education and Sports Education and the Students

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the level of social skills of students, who are studying education at the school of physical education and sports and the students at the Faculty of Medicine, whether it differs according to the faculty they are studying. In this context the researcher practiced for the purpose of this research with the students, which take part in this study, prepared “Personal Information Form” and “Social Skills Scale”. This study is based on a total of 500 students, who studied in the academic year 2015-2016 at Gazi University at the school of physical education and sports and the Faculty of Medicine. The sample of this study is based on students of the school of physical education and sports education and the students of the Faculty of Medicine, who are studying in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades. 150 students are at the school of physical education and sports education and 150 students are of the Faculty of Medicine, so in total there are 300 students. As result it occurs that, the scores of emotional sensitivity, emotional control, social expressivity, while the social sensitivity and the total of skill based on the Faculties, statistically differ significantly and that the participants studying education at the school of physical education and sports appear to have higher scores (p <0.05). The emotional control scores of the participants in the 3rd grade appear to be significantly higher than of the participants of the 2nd grade (p<0,05), the scores in social expressivity of the participants in the 1stgrade are significantly higher than the scores of the participants in the 2nd grade (p <0.05), the scores in social control of the participants in the 4th grade are significantly higher than the scores of the participants in the 3rd grade (p <0.05). When the social skills scores are examined, it is seen, that the scores of the participants of the 1stgrade, 3rdgrade and 4th grade were significantly higher than of the participants of the 2nd grade (p <0.05). It is seen, that the male participants appear to a significantly higher emotional control score than the female participants (p <0.05). The auditory discrimination, emotional sensitivity, social expressivity, social sensitivity, and the ability of social control and total scores differed by gender does not appear to be statistically significant (p> 0.05).Keywords: physical education and sports; faculty of medicine; emotional expressivity