Abstract:

This study has studied the impact of recreational walking exercises on self-respect in individuals in primary school age. The study was attended by a total of 40 girls living in the Batman province center and age ranges between 10-12 years. 20 of the girls participating in the study formed a experimental group, and 20 of them formed a control group. The average age of the participating group was 11,13 ± 0,44 and the average age of the control group was 11,79 ± 0,21. The girls who formed the experimental group wereined to walk for recreational purposes for 8 weeks while the girls in the control group wereined to do no exercise. In our study; Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale has used a subcategory of 10 questions. For the analysis of the data obtained, SPSS 22 IBM statistical package program was used. The difference between independent groups is compared with the Independent Sample T-Test. In comparison between the group’s pre-test and estest, the Paired Samples Test was used. At the end of the analysis it was found that the values of the experiment group were significantly higher than the control group values (p<0,05). As a result, it is believed that recreational exercises will have significantly positive effects on individuals’ self-respect points.

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