Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students

Background and Study Aim: This exploratory study tried to find out religiosity levels and perceptions of Turkish university students on female participation in sport. It also aimed to point out the possible relationship between religiosity and female participation in sport. Material and Methods: For...

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Main Author: M. Turkmen
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Language:English
Published: IP Iermakov S.S. 2018-08-01
Series:Physical Education of Students
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Online Access:https://sportedu.org.ua/index.php/PES/article/view/643
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description Background and Study Aim: This exploratory study tried to find out religiosity levels and perceptions of Turkish university students on female participation in sport. It also aimed to point out the possible relationship between religiosity and female participation in sport. Material and Methods: For this purpose, 412 university students attending to different faculties in Bartin University in Turkey completed Religiosity Inventory and Female Participation in Sport Questionnaire. The findings derived from both scales were evaluated using SPSS 22.0 program through descriptive statistics, t-Test and Anova Tests, and the relationships between two scales were calculated using Pearson Correlation Test and Regression Analysis. Gender and field of study were used as variables to elaborate the results of the scales. Results: According to the findings of the research, it was found that the university students had very high religiosity level and very positive perception of female participation in sport. Moreover, the study pointed out there is a weak positive correlation between the religiosity and female participation in sport which was contradictory to the study hypotheses of this research. Conclusions: As a conclusion, this study conveyed that religiosity does not have a negative effect on the female participation in sport.
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spelling doaj-art-654e2638f36048a186fc46f84e3290cd2025-08-20T03:33:51ZengIP Iermakov S.S.Physical Education of Students2308-72502018-08-0122419620610.15561/20755279.2018.0405643Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University StudentsM. Turkmen0Head of Recreation Department in School of Physical Education and Sport, Bartin UniversityBackground and Study Aim: This exploratory study tried to find out religiosity levels and perceptions of Turkish university students on female participation in sport. It also aimed to point out the possible relationship between religiosity and female participation in sport. Material and Methods: For this purpose, 412 university students attending to different faculties in Bartin University in Turkey completed Religiosity Inventory and Female Participation in Sport Questionnaire. The findings derived from both scales were evaluated using SPSS 22.0 program through descriptive statistics, t-Test and Anova Tests, and the relationships between two scales were calculated using Pearson Correlation Test and Regression Analysis. Gender and field of study were used as variables to elaborate the results of the scales. Results: According to the findings of the research, it was found that the university students had very high religiosity level and very positive perception of female participation in sport. Moreover, the study pointed out there is a weak positive correlation between the religiosity and female participation in sport which was contradictory to the study hypotheses of this research. Conclusions: As a conclusion, this study conveyed that religiosity does not have a negative effect on the female participation in sport.https://sportedu.org.ua/index.php/PES/article/view/643religiosityspiritualityfemale participation in sportgender equalityuniversity students
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Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
Physical Education of Students
religiosity
spirituality
female participation in sport
gender equality
university students
title Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
title_full Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
title_fullStr Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
title_full_unstemmed Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
title_short Religiosity and Female Participation in Sport: Exploring the Perceptions of the Turkish University Students
title_sort religiosity and female participation in sport exploring the perceptions of the turkish university students
topic religiosity
spirituality
female participation in sport
gender equality
university students
url https://sportedu.org.ua/index.php/PES/article/view/643
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