Özet:

The purpose of this study is to determine the physical activity status of students in science high schools as a function of the variables of dormitory residence, class, and sex. 277 (144 male, 133 female) students of Karacabey Ulviye Matlı Science High School in Bursa province participated in this study. After collecting the demographic data of the participants (class, branch, residence status), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Short Form) was used to determine the level of physical activity. During the study, it was found that the data had a normal distribution. Therefore, the T-test for independent samples for paired comparisons and the one-way ANOVA test for comparisons with more than two groups were used for statistical analysis. The significance level of the study was set at 0.05. As a result of the statistical analysis, 72.57% of the participants were found to have no or very little physical activity. It was found that 37.9% (105 people) of the participants lived in the dormitory and that 22.85% of them regularly participated in physical activities. It was found that 30.23% of the participants (172 individuals) who did not live in the dormitory regularly participated in physical activities. When analysed by grade level, a significant difference was found between the physical activity levels of the participants (F=2.907, p=0.035). When evaluated by gender, female students were found to be significantly less likely to participate in physical activity (t=6.815, p=0.000). It was found that living in a dormitory did not affect the level of physical activity (t=-0.974, p=0.331). The results of our study show that the level of physical activity of students in science high schools is generally low. It was found that the physical activity level of female students was lower than that of male students. For this reason, it is recommended to increase the efforts to increase physical activities in schools that accept students through central exams.

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