Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the mental skills, problem solving skills and mental hardness skills of physical education and music department students, who receive movement education at universities, and to reveal the possible differences and compare them. In order to evaluate the results of the findings obtained in the study, a method for descriptive survey was used. The data collection process is voluntary. The research participants were 292 students from Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Faculty of Fine Arts (80 women, 79 men; totally 159) and Physical Education & Sports department (65 women, 68 men; 133 in total). In this study, Problem Solving Inventory (Heppner & Petersen, 1992), Bull's Mental Skills Scale (Bull et al. , 1996) and Sport Mental Toughness Scale (Sheard et al., 2009) were used. Based on the research problem, an independent sample T test was used in order to compare the determined psychological parameters of university students studying in different departments. As a result; a significant difference was found in terms of problem solving skills of Music and Physical Education students. This difference was found to be in favor of Physical Education students. The same results were obtained for another independent variable, mental skills. Regarding our last variable, mental endurance skill, no significant difference was found between music education and physical education students. The results obtained were interpreted in line with the relevant sources and suggestions were made.

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