Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
19. European College of Sport Science Sport Science Around the Canals, Amsterdam, Hollanda, 2 - 05 Temmuz 2014
Abstract
The aim of the study is to investigate the correlation between the attitudes of young people
who do sports and their self-esteem. The research group included 83 men and 117 women (
age=21,49 + 1,659), as a total 200, who make exercises at least 1 year in special gym center in
Antalya and Konya .Self-esteem scale developed by Arıcak (1999) and Dealing with Stress
Scales developed by Özbay (1993) were used to reach the aim of the study. Meaningfulness
was acquired as P<0,05 by using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, t testand Pearson Correlation
while commenting on the data. SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences)programme was
used to evaluate the data. At the end of the research meaningful and direct correlation was
acquired .01 (P<0,01) between sub dimensions active planning of dealing with stress and
value of ego (r=497), self- confident (r=577), depressive emotion (r=531), self-sufficiency
(r=572), succsess and productivity (r=476). As a general result different attitudes to cope with
the stress were seen in the youth participants because of their gender’s characteristics and it
was thought that the correlation between those attitudes and their self -esteem was at the
medium and higher-up level.
Keywords: Stress, Self-Esteem, Exercise