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                                                                                    <journal-title>Turkish Journal of Sport and Exercise</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2147-5652</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Selçuk Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15314/tsed.1720729</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Physical Activity and Health</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Fiziksel Aktivite ve Sağlık</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Investigation of The Relationship Between Communication Skills, Achievement Motivation, and Anxiety in Exercising and Non-Exercise Women</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>EGZERSİZ YAPAN VE YAPMAYAN KADINLARDA İLETİŞİM BECERİLERİ, BAŞARI MOTİVASYONU VE ANKSİYETE ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0485-7274</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Şimşek</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yunus</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Gaziosmanpaşa Belediyesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-6471</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Civan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Adem</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260430">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>28</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>63</fpage>
                                        <lpage>73</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250616">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>16</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20251120">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1999, Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1999</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between communication skills, sport-specific achievement motivation, and anxiety among women who engage in regular exercise and those who do not. A total of 537 women residing in Istanbul participated in the study, categorized into three groups: 158 women actively engaged in sports, 227 sedentary women, and 152 women in the sedentary + exercise group. The sedentary + exercise group participated in one-hour fitness sessions, three times a week, over the course of eight weeks. Data collection tools included a personal information form, a communication skills inventory, a sport-specific achievement motivation scale, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory. The analysis revealed significant differences in sport-specific achievement motivation among women who actively engage in sports. Moreover, variations in communication skills and anxiety levels were identified based on age, educational background, and group classification. Women who were actively involved in sports exhibited lower communication skills and achievement motivation levels, but higher levels of anxiety compared to those in the sedentary + exercise group. Similarly, sedentary women demonstrated lower communication skills and achievement motivation, yet higher anxiety levels than the sedentary + exercise group. In conclusion, the findings suggest that women&#039;s engagement in physical activity may have significant psychological and communicative implications.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Bu araştırmanın amacı, egzersiz yapan ve yapmayan kadınlar arasında iletişim becerileri, spora özgü başarı motivasyonu ve anksiyete arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektir. İstanbul&#039;da yaşayan 537 kadın katılımcı, üç grupta toplanmıştır: aktif spor yapan 158 kadın, sedanter 227 kadın ve sedanter+egzersiz grubu 152 kadın. Sedanter+egzersiz grubu, 8 hafta boyunca fitness egzersizi yapmıştır. Veri toplama araçları olarak kişisel bilgi formu, iletişim becerileri, spora özgü başarı motivasyonu ve Beck anksiyete ölçekleri kullanılmıştır. Analizler sonucunda, aktif spor yapan kadınların spora özgü başarı motivasyonunda anlamlı farklar bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, yaş, eğitim durumu ve grup farklılıklarına göre iletişim becerileri ve anksiyete düzeylerinde farklılıklar saptanmıştır. Aktif spor yapan kadınlar, sedanter+egzersiz grubuna göre daha düşük iletişim becerilerine ve başarı motivasyonu seviyelerine sahipken, daha yüksek anksiyete düzeylerine sahiptir. Benzer şekilde, sedanter kadınlar da sedanter+egzersiz grubuna göre benzer şekilde daha düşük iletişim becerilerine ve başarı motivasyonu seviyelerine sahip, ancak daha yüksek anksiyete düzeylerine sahiptir. Sonuç olarak, kadınların spor yapma alışkanlıklarının psikolojik ve iletişimsel açıdan önemli etkiler yaratabileceği görülmüştür.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>anxiety</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  achievement motivation</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  exercise</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  communication skils</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>anksiyete</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  başarı motivasyonu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  egzersiz</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  iletişim becerileri</kwd>
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