Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine whether it differs according to demographic characteristics by investigating of student s’ social skill levels studying ın physical education and sports high school according to demographic characteristics. The sample of the study constitutes 208 students studying in the School of Physical Education and Sports high school, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University in spring term during the 2014-2015 academic year. "Social Skill Inventory" developed by Riggio in 1986, adapted into Turkish in 1997 by Yüksek in the research was applied. The inventory consists of 90 items scored 1-5 Likert-type scale. At the end of the research, it was found that students studying in Physical Education and Sports School have mid-level (= 287.12) on social skills.While statistically significant difference was not found according to students' gender, age, the department of studying , place of residence, whether or not students take credit, income level, their fathers’ occupation, whether or not their mothers work and interesting in sports of them, statistically significant difference was found according to studying at department, education level of parents, the number of siblings and spending and the place where they have spent their lives the most

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