@article{article_1027189, title={Investıgatıon of Athlete Students’ Social Identity in Sports and Attitudes Towards Violence According to Some Demographic Variables}, journal={Uluslararası Güncel Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={7}, pages={779–793}, year={2021}, author={Esenkaya, Aslı and Ulukan, Mehmet and Ulukan, Hasan}, keywords={Sporcu-öğrenci, Sosyal Kimlik, Sporda Sosyal Kimlik, Şiddet, Şiddete Yönelik Tutum}, abstract={Social identity is the knowledge that a person belongs to a social category or group. Social identity is essential in the athlete’s development, communication, self-expression, relationship with teammates and performance. The concept of violence has no place in the purpose of sports. However, it is seen that the athletes show actual violent behaviour among themselves. For this reason, examining the perception of social identity and violence has become a matter of curiosity. This research aimed to examine the attitudes of students interested in individual sports (athletics, tennis, swimming) towards social identity and violence in sports in terms of various variables. The study is quantitative research in the descriptive survey model to determine the variables of social identity and attitude towards sports in sports. As a methodology, the screening model was used to obtain valuable inferences about possible cause-effect relationships within the scope of the study. A random sampling method was used to determine the research sample. 139 (49.8%) women and 140 (50.2%) 279 athletes-students residing in Afyonkarahisar participated in the study. Social Identity Scale in Sports and Attitude towards Violence Scale in Adolescents were used as data collection tools in the research. SPSS 25.00 statistical package program was used in the analysis of the research data. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and ANOVA statistical techniques were used in the analysis of the data. The significance level was accepted as .05. According to the research findings, it has been observed that there are statistically significant differences in the average scores of the social identity and attitude towards violence in sports of the athlete-students in terms of gender, daily social media usage time, daily training time, and mother and father attitude variables. As a result, it was determined that the perceptions of social identity in sports were at a high level, and their attitudes towards violence were at a moderate level, according to the average scores of the athletes-students participating in the research. In this case, it can be said that the attitudes of the athletes-students who have a high perception of social identity in sports towards violence decrease.}, number={2}, publisher={Uluslararası Bilim Kültür ve Spor Derneği (UBİKS)}