Abstract:

This research aims to examine the psychological resilience, optimism, happiness, and life satisfaction levels of individuals who do and do not do sports. Within the scope of the research, the study group is composed of 123 female students and 87 male students studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences and Faculty of Education at Akdeniz University in the 2017-2018 spring semester. Psychological Resilience Scale, Optimism Scale, Happiness Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, and Personal Information Form were used to collect data for the study purposes. Before the data analysis process, the normal distribution characteristics of the scores were examined using 3 methods. 1 -) If the coefficient of Skewness-Kurtosis is <1.5, the distribution is normal. 2-) Observed by the normal distribution curve. 3-) Normality tests showed that the data showed a normal distribution. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was interpreted for normality because the group size was greater than 50. Besides, the t-test was used in hypothesis tests. In the study, the significance level was determined as 0.05 in statistical procedures. SPSS 22 statistical package program was used in the data analysis. When the research results were examined, the optimism level varied according to the variable of the sports level. Besides, we found that the psychological resilience level differs according to the gender variable. As a result, it can be said that the optimism level of the individuals who do sports is higher than those who do not exercise and that the psychological resilience levels of male participants are higher than those of female participants.

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