Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of sports science faculty students' attitudes towards sports on their social adaptation in university life. The study group of the research consists of 203 students studying at the sports sciences faculty of a public university in the 2020-2021 academic year. In addition to the personal information form, the Attitude towards Sports Scale developed by Şentürk (2012) and the Scale of Adaptation to University Life developed by Aslan (2015) were used as data collection tools in the research. Considering the research results; It can be stated that the attitudes of the participants towards sports and the level of life adjustment are above the average. However; It has been determined that there is a significant effect on the relationship between interest in sports and active sports life and adaptation to university life. In addition; It can be stated that .05% of adaptation to university life is explained by the predictive variables of interest in sports, living with sports and active sports life.

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