Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Sports Sciences

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Ortaöğretim Öğrencilerinin Egzersiz Davranış Değişim Basamağı ile Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı ve Öz Yeterlik Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Investigation of the Relationship of High School Students' Exercise Stages of Change, Social Appearance Anxiety and Self-Efficacy
Yusuf Emre SENNAa, Hüseyin ÜNLÜa
aAksaray Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor ABD, Aksaray, TÜRKİYE
Turkiye Klinikleri J Sports Sci. 2021;13(1):100-9
doi: 10.5336/sportsci.2020-74442
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin egzersiz davranış değişim basamağı ile sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve öz yeterlikleriyle ilişkisinin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma örneklemini 495 (%46,2)'i kız, 577 (%53,8)'si erkek olmak üzere toplam 1.072 ortaöğretim öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Katılımcıların toplam yaş ortalamaları, 16,16 (±1,21) olarak hesaplanmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak; ''kişisel bilgiler formu, Egzersiz Davranışı Değişimleri Basamakları Anketi, Çocuklar İçin Öz Yeterlik Ölçeği ve Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı Ölçeği'' kullanılmıştır. Verilerinin analizinde, tanımlayıcı istatistiklerin yanı sıra Pearson ki-kare ve Spearman korelasyon testleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırma bulgularından yola çıkarak, cinsiyet ve sınıf seviyesi bağımsız değişkenlerine göre egzersiz davranış değişimlerinde anlamlı farklılığa rastlanmıştır. Ayrıca ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin, egzersiz davranış değişimleri ile sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve öz yeterlikleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanmıştır. Sonuç: Cinsiyet bağımsız değişkeni açısından kız öğrencilerin, erkek öğrencilere göre egzersiz davranış değişimleri açısından devamlılık gösterdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Sınıf seviyesi bağımsız değişkenine bakıldığında ise 9. sınıftan başlayarak, ilerleyen eğitim-öğretim kademelerinde düzenli egzersize katılımda düşüşler yaşandığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca ortaöğretim öğrencilerinin, egzersiz davranışı değişimleri ile sosyal görünüş kaygı durumları arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanırken, egzersiz davranışı değişimleri ile öz yeterlik düzeyleri arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Egzersiz davranışı değişimi; sosyal görünüş kaygısı; öz yeterlik
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The purpose of this research, investigating the relationship of high school students' tendency to the exercise stages of change, social appearance anxiety and self-efficacy. Material and Methods: The sample of the study consists of 1,072 students, whose 495 (46.2%) were female and 577 (53.8%) were male, educated in high schools. Total average age of the participants was calculated as 16.16 (±1.21). In the study 'personal information form, Exercise Stages of Change Questionnaire, Self Efficacy Scale for Children and Social Apperance Anxiety Scale were used as data collection tool. In the analysis of data besides descriptive statistics, Pearson chi-square test and Spearman correlation are used. Results: Based on the research results, meaningful differences are found in exercise behavior changes for gender and grade level. Moreover, a meaningful relation between exercise behavior changes in secondary school students and social appearance anxiety and self-efficacy is found. Conclusion: It is determined that female students are more continuity than male students in exercise behavior changes in respect to gender independent variable. When grade level independent variable is considered, it is seen a decline in joining active exercise starting from 9. grade to upper education and training grades. Furthermore, while a negative directional meaningful relation is found between exercise behavior changes and social appearance anxiety of secondary school students, a positive directional meaningful relation is determined between exercise behavior changes and self-efficacy level.

Keywords: Exercise stages of change; social appearance anxiety; self-efficacy
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"Turkiye Klinikleri" is not responsible for executing late or never of this hereby "Terms of Use", privacy policy and "USER Contract" in any situation legally taken into account as force majeure. Being late or failure of performance or non-defaulting of this and similar cases like this will not be the case from the viewpoint of "Turkiye Klinikleri", and "Turkiye Klinikleri" will not have any damage liability for these situations. "Force majeure" term will be regarded as outside of the concerned party's reasonable control and any situation that "Turkiye Klinikleri" cannot prevent even though it shows due diligence. Also, force majeure situations include but not limited to natural disasters, rebellion, war, strike, communication problems, infrastructure and internet failure, power cut and bad weather conditions.

8. LAW AND AUTHORISATION TO FOLLOW

Turkish Law will be applied in practicing, interpreting the hereby "Terms of Use" and managing the emerging legal relationships within this "Terms of Use" in case of finding element of foreignness, except for the rules of Turkish conflict of laws. Ankara Courts and Enforcement Offices are entitled in any controversy happened or may happen due to hereby contract.

9. CLOSING AND AGREEMENT

Hereby "Terms of Use" come into force when announced in the "SITE" by "Turkiye Klinikleri". The users are regarded to agree to hereby contract terms by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the contract terms and the changes will be come into force by specifying the version number and the date of change on time it is published in the "SITE".

 

30.03.2014

Privacy Policy

We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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