The effect of self-confidence levels of the students of the faculty of sports sciences and faculty of education on their decision-making skills

Abstract

This study aimed to determine whether the self-confidence levels and decision-making skills of the students at Kocaeli University's Faculty of Sport Sciences and Faculty of Education differed in terms of demographic characteristics and to make recommendations in line with the results. The population consisted of a total of 2,626 students studying at Kocaeli University's Faculties of Sport Sciences and Education, and the sample consisted of 316 students who participated in the study voluntarily in the 2020-2021 academic year. The “Self-Confidence Scale” developed by Akın (2007) and the “Decision-Making Skills” scale were used to collect data. While examining the distribution normality, the normal distribution curves and skewness-kurtosis values were examined through histograms, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test values used in cases where the number of participants was greater than 50 were examined, and it was determined that the data did not show a normal distribution and non-parametric tests were applied. The data do not show a normal distribution. For data analysis, frequency analysis was used to examine the demographic characteristics of the participants, skewness-kurtosis values to determine whether the data showed a normal distribution, and correlation analysis to determine the correlations. The analysis results revealed that the self-confidence levels and decision-making skills of students at Kocaeli University's Faculty of Sport Sciences and Faculty of Education were significantly high in all dimensions (p < 0.05). According to the study results, the decision-making skills of the students of the Faculty of Sport Sciences and the Faculty of Education have a direct and positive effect on their self-confidence levels.