the effect of sport on high school students’ assertiveness level

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The purpose of the present study is to identify the effect of sport on high school students’ assertiveness level, and to find out the relationship among some demographic variables and assertiveness level.

The sample of the present study constituted 1089 students non randomly selected from 243.233 Prep school, first grade, second grade and third grade students who were enrolled in Regular High school, Vocational School, Anatolian and Science High School, and private High School in the central district of Ankara in 2006-2007 Academic Year. Of all the students participated in the study, 758 (69.4%) were male and 334 (30.6%) were female students.

Data collection instrument used in the study was Rathus Assertiveness Inventory developed by Rathus (1973). Moreover, demographic information was obtained by using a questionnaire including 17 questions regarding the demographic variables of the participants. Data collection instrument was prepared as 17 questions for the first part, and 30 items Rathus Assertiveness Inventory for the second part.

The data gathered from 1089 students was analyzed by using SPSS PC statistics program. Findings revealed from the analysis were presented in the Findings part of the thesis and interpreted and discussed in the discussion part.

Throughout the analyses of the data, descriptive statistics was used to get the frequencies, means and standard deviations of the data. Moreover, independent sample t-test and one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used according to the number of categories. Pairwise differences were obtained by using Bonferroni multiple comparison tests. In addition, Pearson Products Moment Correlation was used to reveal the relationship between dependent and independent variables. P < 0.05 significance level was taken into consideration to identify the significance of the analyses.

Results of the study revealed that

1. 61.6 % (670) of the high school students have had assertiveness behavior style, while 38.4 % (417) of them do not have this style.

2. There is no significant difference on the assertiveness levels of the high school students regarding their becoming active athletes. Students doing team sports have had higher assertiveness scores than the students doing individual sports. However, any significant differences were found on the assertiveness levels of the students regarding their duration of doing sports and participating regularly in sportive activities.

3. While any significant differences were found on the assertiveness levels of the students in terms of their ages, number of siblings, mother’s and father’s occupations; significant differences were revealed on the assertiveness levels regarding students gender, grades, school types, socio economic status, education levels of the mother, education levels of the father, height and weight.

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