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The aim of this research was to find social skill levels of student athletes in individual and team sports and students non-athletes in high school in Düzce. This study was based on a quantitative research method with descriptive analysis. Data were collected using Social Skill Scale developed by Riggio (1986) and traslated to Turkish by Yüksel (1998), and the individual information form developed by the researcher. The result of this study showed a significant difference in total structure of the social skill scale in favor of the student athletes in individual and team sports as opposed to student nonathletes. Girls tended to have significantly higher score than boys in the dimensions of emotional expressivity, emotional sensitivity, social expressivity and social control of the scale. Moreover, sport license year and type were found to constitute differences in social control dimension of the scale. Considering the sport license year, there was no significant differences between scores of student athletes in team and individual sports in emotional expressivity, emotional sensitivity, and social expressivity, social sensitivity dimensions of the scale. Finally, there was a significant difference between sport types and license years in social control dimension of the scale.

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