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The aim of this study is to investigate -under various factors- the social skill levels of the high school students who do and do not sport. A total of 180 high school students-60 female and 120 male- whose average age is 16.84±0.98 participated in this research. For data collection, Social Skills Inventory developed by Riggio (1985) used. Language validity and reliability of this scale was done by Yüksel (1998). While evaluating the questions of the sub-dimensions of the scale which consists of 90 items and 6 sub-dimensions, the results of factor analysis by Yüksel (2004) were taken into consideration. The Cronbach's Alpha Test Statistics were calculated as 0.93. In the pair wise comparison T-test was used, for multiple comparisons one-way variance analysis was used. For differences of average of groups Tukey test was used. The total social skill score averages and the average score of the sub-dimension T-test showed significant difference in terms of Emotional Sensitivity between genders. According to the number of siblings, there was no significant difference in social skill levels. The differences between mother’s education level average are statistically significant in all dimensions except social sensitivity. When the collected data were analyzed, it was determined that the social skill levels of the high school students in Isparta province were higher and the high level of education of the mother had a positive effect on the social skills of the students.

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