Abstract:

The aim of this study is to study high school students, their social physical anxiety conditions and their levels of emotional intelligence according to their sports conditions. The study included 277 high school students who are studying in Istanbul, Hunters Firüzköy Multi-Programmed Anadolu High School. The research data, using the Personal Information Form, the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale and the Social Physical Anxiety Reserve, was collected on the basis of voluntary participation. The SPSS 21 package program used for statistical analysis of data, the analysis of obtained data applied visual statistics, one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) and independent sampling t-test techniques. When the achieved findings were studied, significant differences were found, according to the age variables of students, the low dimension of emotional intelligence, the arrangement of optimism/spirit and the total score of emotional intelligence (p<0.05). This has shown that with the age of students there is a significant increase in their emotional intelligence scores. In comparison of the age variables of students according to the levels of social-physical anxiety, statistically significant differences have been detected in the sub-dimensions of physical appearance comfort and the total points of social-physical anxiety (p<0.05). As the age of students increases, there has been a significant decrease in social physical anxiety points. In comparison of students' emotional intelligence points according to gender variable, in the total score of emotional intelligence, in the benefit of girls students; in comparison of social physical anxiety points, in the total score of social physical anxiety, in the benefit of men students, statistically significant differences were found. by p<0.05 According to the social physical anxiety status, a statistically significant difference has been detected in the variation of the state of the students playing sports, the physical appearance comfort, the negative assessment expectations and the total score of social physical anxiety in the favor of the athletes (p<0.05). In comparison of the family income of students according to the social-physical anxiety points, the negative assessment expectancy is low and the total social-physical anxiety points statistically significant differences have been detected and this difference has been found in favor of those with high family income (p<0.05). The results were discussed in the light of the relevant literature and proposed for new studies to be carried out.