The Effect of High School Students’ Doing Sports on Self-Confidence (Sample of Kilis Province)

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this research is to examine whether the sports status of high school students has any effect on their self-confidence and to examine them in terms of different variables.

Material & Method: The population of the research consists of students studying in high schools located in Kilis. The sample of the study consists of 415 students, 210 male and 205 female, randomly selected from high schools in Kilis. A personal information form developed by the researchers was used to collect information about the independent variables. The “Self-Confidence Scale”, developed by Akın (2007) as a data collection tool to measure students’ self-confidence levels, was used to determine the existing self-confidence levels of individuals. While evaluating the study data, descriptive statistical methods were used. Independent sample T-Test and ANOVA Test were used in the analysis of the data. In the analyzes used, the level of significance was determined as p<0.05.

Results: In the obtained findings, no statistical significance was found in terms of the variable of students’ gender and active sports year. Statistically significant was observed in terms of grade variable, active sports involvement variable and sports type.

Conclusion: It was concluded that high school students who do sports are more self-confident than those who do not. It was concluded that as the grade level of the student increased, the self-confidence also increased. It has been concluded that students who do team sports are more self-confident than those who do individual sports.