Thoughts of secondary, high school and university students about unwanted and violent behaviors in sports

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of middle school, high school and university students about the unwanted and violent behaviors in sports. A total of 784 students (330 females, 454 males) studying in Kirsehir in 2017-2018 academic year participated in the study. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was developed by Şeker [1] in order to determine the students' thoughts about unwanted behaviors and violence in sports. SPSS 22.0 package program was used for statistical analysis of the obtained data and results were evaluated at p <0.05 significance level. Frequency analysis and One-Way ANOVA analysis were performed in the research. When students' ideas about sports and violent behaviors in sports are examined according to their educational level, there were unwanted behaviors in sports. There was meaningfulness found between secondary and high school students, 000 (p <0.001) between secondary and university students, 001 (p <0.01) level and with violent behaviors in sports between secondary and university students at 001 (p <0.01) level meaningfulness detected. © 2019 by authors, all rights reserved.