Faculty Of Sport Sciences Research Articles

The Relationship between Communication Skills and Career Awareness: An Example of Sports Sciences Faculty Students

The main aim of the research was to determine the relationship between communication skills and career awareness of individuals studying at the faculty of sports sciences. This study was performed according to the relational screening model. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 386 students, 215 males and 171 females, studying at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sports Sciences. In addition to the personal information form in the research, the “Communication Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES)” was developed by Korkut (1996) and the “Career Awareness Scale (CAS)” was developed by Yaşar and Sunay (2019) were used as data collection tools. It was accepted that the research data showed a normal distribution according to the skewness and kurtosis values. After the research data showed normal distribution, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test were applied in the analysis. In the research results, no significant difference was found between the communication skills of Sport Sciences students according to their gender and grade levels. However, a significant difference was determined between the sub-dimensions of career awareness according to the variables of individuals’ gender and class. As a result of the research, a positive moderate relationship was determined between communication skills and career awareness. Considering that as the communication skills of the students studying at the faculty of sports sciences increase, their career awareness will increase, it is recommended that more studies be conducted to increase the communication skills of the students.

Investigation of Factors Facilitating the Happiness of Individuals Participating in Leisure Activities

This study aimed to examine the factors that facilitate happiness in leisure. The research was performed according to the relational screening design, one of the scanning models. A total of 260 students, 180 male and 80 female, selected by simple random sampling method, studying at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sport Sciences participated in the research group. In addition to the personal information form to collect data in the study, the Oxford Happiness Scale-Short Form (OHS-S) developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Doğan and Çötok (2011), and the Leisure Facilitators Scale (LFS) developed by Kim et al. (2011) and adapted into Turkish by Gurbuz et al. (2015) were used as data collection tools. Considering the skewness and kurtosis values of the research data, it was accepted that the data showed a normal distribution. Moreover, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation test were used in the analysis. In this context, while no significant difference was found between the happiness of individuals according to their gender, a significant difference was determined between leisure facilitators. Moreover, a moderately significant relationship was found between leisure facilitators and happiness. As a result, personal, interpersonal and structural facilitators were identified as factors that facilitate the happiness of individuals in their leisure.

Examination of ambivalent sexism inventory and gender roles of female students of the school of sports sciences

The purpose of this study was to determine whether female students who studied at the Faculty of Sports Sciences (FSS) of Kocaeli University differ in terms of various variables according to various variables of The ambivalent sexism inventory and gender roles. The sample group consists of 235 female students studying at the FSS. To obtain the data for this study, the ambivalent sexism inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism and BEM Gender Role Inventory were used. In the analysis of the data, frequency, correlation Manova, Tukey and post-hoc tests were used. The results revealed that, there was a positive relationship between the negative aspects of sexism and benevolent sexism. These were the subscales of the ambivalent sexism according to the Scandinavian Sense of Sexuality and Sexuality Scores. There was no significant difference found between the masculinity of the sub-dimensions of hostile sexism and gender roles. There was a statistically significant difference between the ambivalent sexism and its sub-dimensions, BCRE and sub-dimension levels according to branch variables of female students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences. The female students in the Department of Coaching were significantly higher than the female students in the Recreation Department. The female students, with 7-9 years of experience in sport had higher scores than the others.

Examination of sports science faculty students’ attitudes towards online learning by different variables

Background and Study Aim. In distance education, students’ attitudes towards this method gain importance in the process. The aim of this research is to examine the impact of coronavirus anxiety, academic self-sufficiency and life satisfaction levels of students in the faculty of sports sciences over their attitudes towards online learning.
 Material and Methods. A total of 379 sports science faculty students voluntarily participated for the cross-sectional data collection. A simple random sampling method was used in the selection of students from four universities in the Eastern Anatolian region, which make up the universe of the study. Data were collected electronically and analysed by IBM SPSS and AMOS statistical package program.
 Results. The structural equity model results revealed that academic self-sufficiency and life satisfaction are positive predictors of online learning attitudes and negative predictors of coronavirus anxiety. Online learning attitude was found to be positively correlated with other variables other than coronavirus anxiety. In addition, it has been determined that the scale total scores are slightly above average, except for coronavirus anxiety.
 Conclusions. The results have been discussed in terms of their meaning for the environment of physical education. In this research, which created a model for understanding online learning attitudes in students of the faculty of sports sciences, it was understood that coronavirus anxiety has a statistically significant effect on online learning attitudes while academic self-sufficiency and life satisfaction do not have a statistically significant effect. Students’ positive attitude towards online learning and understanding the predictors of this attitude will be a development to be appreciated by all stakeholders of the subject.

Examining the professional career values and career awareness of athlete- students: the sample of the faculty of sports sciences

Background and Study Aim. Athlete-students continue their athletic careers at a professional level during their education, or many try to pursue alternative career paths. While much attention has been given to Athlete-students' academic progress and graduation rates in the literature, little attention has been paid to their attitudes towards career values and career awareness. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the career awareness and career values of athletes-students according to some demographic variables.
 Material and Methods. This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was performed in the Sports Science Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University of Turkey which forms the universe of the study. A total of 334 (162 female and 172 male) athletes-students who were undergraduate students in the sports sciences faculty of the university participated in the research. The data collection tool in the study "Professional Career Awareness Scale", and "Career Values Scale" was used. T-test and One-Way ANOVA tests were used to perform the differential analysis and Pearson Correlation analysis was used to determine the correlation between variables.
 Results. According to the results of the research, it was found that scores of the professional career values and career values of the athletes-students were at a moderate level. It was observed that the students' career values dimensions perception scores differed according to their perception scores and gender, department, class, age variables; there was no difference between the variable of being a licensed athlete and the dimensions. Differences were observed between career awareness dimensions, professional development disposition, and department and age variables. There was no difference between career awareness dimensions and gender, status of being a licensed athlete, and class variable. In addition, it is seen that there is a low and moderate relationship between professional career awareness and career values sub-dimensions.
 Conclusions. According to these results, it can be said that due to the lack of standardized measures of athlete-student career development, career awareness and career values are at a moderate level and their perceptions differ according to their demographic characteristics.

Examining the professional career values and career awareness of athlete- students: the sample of the faculty of sports sciences

Background and Study Aim. Athlete-students continue their athletic careers at a professional level during their education, or many try to pursue alternative career paths. While much attention has been given to Athlete-students' academic progress and graduation rates in the literature, little attention has been paid to their attitudes towards career values and career awareness. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the career awareness and career values of athletes-students according to some demographic variables.
 Material and Methods. This cross-sectional descriptive-correlational study was performed in the Sports Science Faculty of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University of Turkey which forms the universe of the study. A total of 334 (162 female and 172 male) athletes-students who were undergraduate students in the sports sciences faculty of the university participated in the research. The data collection tool in the study "Professional Career Awareness Scale", and "Career Values Scale" was used. T-test and One-Way ANOVA tests were used to perform the differential analysis and Pearson Correlation analysis was used to determine the correlation between variables.
 Results. According to the results of the research, it was found that scores of the professional career values and career values of the athletes-students were at a moderate level. It was observed that the students' career values dimensions perception scores differed according to their perception scores and gender, department, class, age variables; there was no difference between the variable of being a licensed athlete and the dimensions. Differences were observed between career awareness dimensions, professional development disposition, and department and age variables. There was no difference between career awareness dimensions and gender, status of being a licensed athlete, and class variable. In addition, it is seen that there is a low and moderate relationship between professional career awareness and career values sub-dimensions.
 Conclusions. According to these results, it can be said that due to the lack of standardized measures of athlete-student career development, career awareness and career values are at a moderate level and their perceptions differ according to their demographic characteristics.

The Effect of Effective Communication Skills of Academicians in Faculties of Sports Sciences on Organizational Culture Type

The aim of this study, Sports Science Faculty academics serving in the level of communication skills assessment to reveal the type and level of impact on the organization's culture is to determine the relationship between them. The research is designed to scan the relational model. In data analysis software package SPSS-25 was used and significance level of p <0.05 was taken. Also, simple linear regression analysis, Pearson's correlation analysis, independent samples (Independent-Samples) t-test analysis, One-Way ANOVA (one-way analysis of variance) was used. Academics communication skills to assess levels of organization culture types of points between and organizational relationships between the culture of the scores obtained for the overall and academics communication skills assessment levels positively on organizational culture was determined to have an influence. age according to academics communication skills assessment level, children have status, title, institution in which there is a significant difference between working time and management styles, gender, between marital status and administrative tasks status has been determined that there are significant differences. Academics organizational culture types of cultural levels and sex according to the general belonging to the cultural level of organizational culture, age, marital status, and meaningful differences statistically significant difference was found titles and management style of childbearing status were found. At the same time institutions working time according to Adhocracy a significant difference in terms of the type of culture has found no significant differences in the types of other cultures. There were no significant differences according to the state administrative tasks meaningful differences according to the type of other cultures in terms of market culture type.

The Effect of Benefits Gained from Leisure Activities on Entrepreneurship and Academic Hopelessness

The importance of the benefits that individuals get from the activities they participate in their leisure is increasing day by day. It is known that the benefits gained are reflected positively in many aspects of the individual’s life. From this point of view, this study aimed to examine the effect of the benefits obtained by university students in their leisure on the prediction of entrepreneurship and academic hopelessness. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 457 students, 247 males and 210 females, selected by easy sampling method, and studying at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sports Sciences. In addition to the personal information form, Leisure Benefit Scale (LBS) developed by Ho (2008) and adapted into Turkish by Akgül et al. (2018); Entrepreneurship Scale (ES) developed by Yılmaz and Sünbül (2009) and Academic Hopelessness Scale (AHS) developed by Gökalp and Soykan (2020) were used as data collection tools. The normality distribution of the data was decided according to the skewness and kurtosis values. After the data showed normal distribution, t-test, Pearson Correlation test, Multiple Regression analysis were performed in the analysis. As a result, while there were differences between university students’ leisure benefits and academic hopelessness according to their gender, a significant relationship was found between leisure benefits and entrepreneurship and academic hopelessness. In this context, it was concluded that social benefit from leisure benefits was a significant predictor of entrepreneurship and academic hopelessness.

Models of sports student exchange and the role of their support systems

Establishing student exchange programs is one way for sports science faculty to support the University to be a world-class university. For several years the faculty has been hosting several batches of a sports students exchange (SSE) program that gains interest and benefits for the students and the institution; however, limited studies have been conducted to present information about the program and its support system. This research is conducted to explain and give an overview of the program as well as explore the support system of the program. Three primary data, namely a depth-interview, questionnaire, and documentation, are gathered to explore the SSE program. The participants are lectures, faculty management, and students involved in the SSE in 2018-2019. The existence of the SSE program was exceedingly influenced by the faculty participation in AUCPESS. A grant from the Dharmasiswa Scholarship that aimed to bolster the exchange of culture and build up the Faculty's International atmosphere was the first booster. However, after the funding stopped, the program ran independently with non-financial support from Rector, faculty management, partner universities, and students. Hence, funding is not a pivotal issue as long as the University and faculty management eager to support the program.

Is there a relationship between the time management skills of sports manager candidates and career decision self-efficacy?

This study aims to examine the relationship between the time management skills of sports management students and their career decision self-efficacy. The study group of the study research consisted of 279 Sports Management Department students who were studying in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at a public university located in Manisa, Turkey during the 2018-2019 academic year. "Time Management Scale", “Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale” and "personal information form" were used as data collection tools. As a result of the study, a positive, moderately significant relationship was found between students' time management skills and career decision self-efficacy levels.

Analysis of digital competence of educators (DigCompEdu) in teacher trainees: the context of Melilla, Spain

The Spanish autonomous city of Melilla, located in northwest Africa, has one of the highest academic failure and abandonment rates in Europe. An effective way to improve this situation would be to improve students’ digital competence. In order to do so, teachers must have competent digital skills themselves and also be able to teach them. To determine teachers’ level of digital competence, the Spanish adaptation of the European Framework for Digital Competence of Educators was used to analyse the self-assessment responses of teachers in training at the Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences in Melilla, Spain. Several quantitative techniques were used to analyse data collected from a questionnaire based on the items in the framework. Indicators were given to each competence using a factor analysis to contrast differences between undergraduate and postgraduate students. Correlations between some of the students’ characteristics and the competences were estimated using OLS. The results show students’ self-assessment level of digital competence in different areas and differences between the bachelor’s and master’s programmes. Digital competence gaps were also detected in teacher training, especially in security. The conclusions highlight the need to improve digital security and facilitate a higher level of digital skills in line with the framework. Indeed, more hours of training in digital competence are required while taking into account the educational context and the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge needed to teach. Equally, the same skills must be developed by educators in order for them to transmit digital competence to their students and support them in educational centres.

Comparing environmental awareness under the Corona pandemic between students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Kufa

The purpose of this paper is to identify environmental awareness under the Corona pandemic among students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Kufa. and comparison of environmental awareness under the Corona pandemic between students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Kufa. The two researchers used the descriptive approach in the style of the survey and comparisons to identify the research community in the students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Kufa for the academic year 2020-2021, who numbered (210) students, then a sample of (80) students was chosen randomly, with a percentage of (38.09%) from the research community, with (20) students from each stage, and (10) students for the exploratory experiment at a rate of (9.52%) from the research community, then the two researchers chose And the application of the environmental awareness scale, which consists of (32) items on the research sample, and the results were extracted and the appropriate statistical treatments were used to reach the results. Then the results were presented, analyzed and discussed. The two researchers reached the most important conclusions: Students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Science have a varying level of environmental awareness. And there are real differences among students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in environmental awareness and in favor of the fourth stage. Based on the findings of the research, the researchers recommend the most important recommendations: Take advantage of the environmental awareness scale that the two researchers used and applied to detect environmental awareness. And Using other psychological variables to know the psychological states of students and players in order to take into consideration how to give directions and instructions to them. © 2021. RIGEO. All Rights Reserved.

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Dry Needling Plus Conventional Physiotherapy for Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of conventional physiotherapy plus Dry Needling (DN) technique in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain with Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and Upper Trapezius (UT) muscles involvement. Methods: This study was designed as a single-blind randomized clinical trial. A total of 39 patients (19 men and 21 women) with chronic non-specific neck pain with a Mean±SD age of 38.13±5.68 years, a Mean±SD height of 168.28±8.34 cm, and a Mean±SD weight of 75.78±9.02 kg participated in this study. They were randomly divided into conventional physiotherapy (control group: n=19) and conventional physiotherapy plus DN (intervention group: n=20). SCM and UT muscle pain, neck disability, and thickness were assessed for all participants in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up periods. This study was reviewed and approved by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran. Repeated measures analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc tests were used for data analysis using SPSS v. 22. Results: The results of 1-way analysis of variance showed that pain, neck disability, and SCM and UT muscle thickness in the intervention group had a significant decrease compared to the control group in the post-test and follow-up period (P<0.05). Also, according to the results of the corrected Bonferroni post hoc test, the intervention group showed a greater effect size than the control group in the post-test and the follow-up periods in the above variables. Conclusion: The present study results show that adding DN to conventional physiotherapy for neck pain can increase the effectiveness of intervention in relieving pain, disability, and SCM and UT muscle thickness in people with chronic neck pain.

Comparison of Internet Addiction Level of Sports Science Faculty Students in Accordance with Some Variables

Background: Internet addiction, which has become a global social issue, can be broadly conceptualized as an inability to control one’s use of the Inter-net which leads to negative consequences in daily life. Aim: The purpose of this study was to compare internet addiction levels of sports science faculty students in Çanakkale 18 Mart University according to some variables. Methods: 205 voluntary students that are currently receiving education who were between 19-25 age participated in this research. Internet Addiction Scale developed by Şahin and Korkmaz was used as a data collection tool. SPSS package was used in data analysis. For determining whether the data had a normal distribution or not, ‘’Kolmogorov-Smirnov’ test were used and ‘’Anova-Homogenety of variance’’ test were used for the homogeneity of data and as a result of these tests the data were determined to have a normal distribution and a homogeneity. Descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t-test and One-Way variance analysis were conducted in data analysis. Results: As a result of statistics, in scale size comparison according to gender variable, significant differences were determined in negativity in social relationship dimension and there were no significant differences in control loss and desire for staying online more. According to departments of students, there were no statistically significant differences determined in desire for staying online more and negativity in social relationships. Conclusion: In conclusion, there were similarities and differences determined between internet addiction levels of students according to departments which they received education and gender variable of students in Sports Science Faculty. These differences may be due to intentions of internet use, increasing need for internet use, and varying education styles that students receive from different departments. Keywords: Internet Addiction, University, Sports Science, Student, Athlete

The effect of acute dehydration on agility, quickness and balance performance in elite wrestlers

Background and Study Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute dehydration on agility, quickness and balance performance in elite wrestlers. Material and Methods. A total of 12 male elite wrestlers, who were student at Selçuk University Faculty of Sport Sciences, whose mean age was 21.58±1.44 years, the mean height of 176.67±5.87 cm, mean body weight of 74.25±17.79 kg, and the mean age of sports 8.92±1,44 years have participated the study voluntarily. After taking the height measurement of the wrestlers participating in the study, their masses were weighted before the training; and body mass index, body fat percentage, muscle mass, and total body fluid were taken with Tanita Bc 730 and agility, quickness (5 m) and balance performance tests were performed. Then, by limiting the fluid intake of the athletes, after losing weight by training, the same tests that were applied before the training applied to the athletes after the training. The study was conducted in accordance with the pre-test and post-test model. T test was used for agility performance measurement of the athletes and 5 m test was used for quickness performance. Dominant foot was determined for balance test and measurement was made via Biodex Balance System. Balance measurements were performed eyes open (EO) and eyes closed (EC), overall stability index (OSI). Results. In this study, body weight, body mass index, total body fluid, agility, quickness and balance with eyes open mean values were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05), and muscle mass, body fat percentage, balance with eyes closed found not to be statistically significant (p> 0.05). Conclusions. It is believed that acute dehydration negatively affects agility, quickness and balance performances in wrestlers.

Visual Quality Analysis of Educational Institutions and Their Surroundings: A Case Study of Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

The study aimed to analyze the visual quality of the Educational Institutions and their Surroundings (EITS) in the campus of Ataturk University in Erzurum city of Turkey. Visual Quality Analysis Questionnaire was applied to 74 students studying at the Faculty of Architecture and Design. The questionnaire consisted of 21 EITS. Results were analyzed using Variance and Duncan multiple comparison. It was determined that Faculty of Fishery (EITS13) had the highest visual quality score (3.243), followed by Agriculture Faculty (EITS1: 3.134) and the Divine Faculty (EITS2: 2.906). The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine had the lowest visual quality score (EITS11: 2.165), followed by High-Tech Research Centre (EITS20: 2.243) and Faculty of Law (EITS16: 2.315). Statistically significant relationship was found between the department of the students and the scores they gave to Sports Science Faculty (EITS1), Education Faculty (EITS4), Faculty of Medicine (EITS10), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (EITS11), Faculty of Fine Arts and Tourism (EITS15), and Rectorate Building (EITS19). Among the Visual Quality Criteria (VQC) of EITS, accessibility to the structure (VQC12) was the most effective criterion (2.927, p<0.05). This study recommended the correction of design deficiencies to compensate for the lack of visual quality of new buildings or to improve the entire landscape of the campus.

The Effect of Movement Control Order on Quality of Life among Staffs in Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation UiTM Shah Alam

Coronavirus known as COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that affects people worldwide. Malaysia was also affected by this virus; therefore, the government announced the Movement Control Order (MCO) to break the COVID-19 chain. MCO possibly affects quality of life of working people. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare the effect of MCO on quality of life between academic and administrative staff in Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation, UiTM Shah Alam. This study utilised causal – comparative research design involved academic and administrative staff. The sample analysed were N=52 comprised of 30 academic and 22 administrative staff. This study used SF-36 questionnaire to measure quality of life. Data was collected via online. T-test was used to identify the differences between the two groups. Academic staff quality of score was (M=56.90 ± 6.97) and administrative staff was (M=59.7 ± 7.54) score. The findings reported that there is no significant difference in quality of life, p = 0.669 between academic and administrative staff during MCO. Quality of life for both academic and administrative staff was affected during MCO due to COVID-19 pandemic.

INVESTIGATION OF THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AREAS OF STUDENTS INTRODUCING THE SPECIAL TALENT EXAMINATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

This study is a descriptive study meant to examine the multiple intelligence areas of students who enter the Higher Education Institution with a special talent exam. The research was conducted using the scanning model. The population of the research consists of students who have been placed in Gaziantep University Faculty of Sports Sciences, Turkish Music and State Conservatory and Fine Arts Faculty for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years with a special talent exam. The sample group consists of 408 (240 male, 168 female) students selected randomly (Sports Sciences 180, Conservatory 100, Fine Arts 128) In order to collect data in the study, “Self-Assessment Inventory in Multiple Intelligence Domains”, developed by Gardner (1993) and translated into Turkish by Saban (2001), was used. SPSS 20.0 (Statistical Packet for the Social Science) package program was used for statistical analysis of the data collected within the framework of the purpose of the research. In the evaluation of general information about students, frequency (f) and percentage (%), mean (X) and standard deviation (Ss) values were calculated. Independent sample t-test and One Way Anova tests were used for comparisons between groups, Pearson correlation analysis was used for the relationships between age groups and intelligence types, and the significance level was accepted as p= 0.05. According to the results of our research, it has been seen that the students who won higher education with a special talent exam have different intelligence areas according to gender, age, department, income status variables and these intelligence areas develop at different levels. Social, environmental, economic, etc. of these intelligence areas. considered to be affected by the circumstances. It is necessary to evaluate the theory of multiple intelligences not only as a theory of intelligence, but as a philosophy of education and training. It is also important for individuals to be aware of their own intelligence areas in terms of their role in the learning environment.
 
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ASPECTS REGARDING THE SKILL PROFILE IN A SEGMENT OF THE CANDIDATES ADMITTED IN THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS

The purpose of this research was to highlight certain component of the skill profile in the candidates that were admitted in the undergraduate program Physical Education and Sports, over the course of 2 consecutive years. The hypothesis started from the assumption that the analysis of the admission results for this specific field would allow the identification of a psycho-motor test dynamics of the admitted students, compared to the proposed model. The research was conducted between 2018 and 2020, consisting in the analysis of several motor skill tests, performed on a group of 80 first year students of the Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health Sciences of Bacău. The results have shown homogeneity of values, the male subjects recording better values than the females. In comparison to the ideal model created for this paper, there were rare cases of the subjects recording high results in all tests, except for the professional athletes.