This study was conducted to examine the communication skills and social appearance anxieties of individuals participating to the physical activity (outdoor, indoor or both). The study was carried out with 306 people who were open, closed and doing physical activity in both areas, and were chosen by easy sampling method. General Information Form developed by researchers, Effective Communication Skills Inventory, Social Appearance Anxiety Scale were used as data collection tools. Frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, Anova and Pearson Correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Communication skills and social appearance anxiety scores were compared according to gender, and a significant difference was found in favor of women in the sub-dimensions of “ego developer language and body language”, which is one of the effective communication skills scale sub-dimensions (p <0.05). According to marital status variable, communication skills and social appearance anxiety scores were compared, and significant differences were found in favor of married people in the sub-dimensions of communication skills scale "ego-developing language, self-recognition and body language" (p <0.05). Communication skills and social appearance anxiety scores were compared according to the field of sports, and a significant difference was found in favor of those participating physical activity in the field of "ego developer language" sub-dimension of communication skills scale (p <0.05). In the last problem of the study, the relationship between communication skills and social appearance anxiety levels was examined, and a negative correlation was found between communication skills scale sub-dimensions and social appearance anxiety scale sub-dimensions (r = -, 243 p <0.01; r = -, 378 p <0.01; r = -, 365 p <0.01; r = -, 353 p <0.05; r = -, 235 p <0.01). At the end of the research, while gender, marital status and sports area is a factor that makes a difference in communication skills sub-dimensions, it is not a factor that makes any significant difference in social appearance anxiety levels. Also, the higher the communication skills sub-dimensions, the social appearance anxiety has been found to decrease.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Article |
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Publication Date | June 30, 2020 |
Submission Date | May 29, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 4 Issue: 1 |