Bireylerin Spor Yapma Durumlarıyla, Benlik Saygıları ve Mutluluk Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkisinin İncelenmesi (original) (raw)

2019, Gaziantep Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Dergisi

As a result of the happiness of the individuals, the connection between being at peace with themselves and getting above themselves is often in the literature as the subject of research. As stated in many studies, a hormone of happiness is one of the factors that accelerate the release of serotonin, which is exercise. With the help of the release of serotonin, it is important to emphasize making the individuals feel happy, being full of themselves, revealing the reletionship between self-esteem in the terms of the positive contribution of sports to human psychology on the sports. In this sense, the aim of our research is related to examining the relationship between self-esteem and happiness levels on individuals with the status of making sports. For this purpose, the questionnaire was distributed on'online survey as a questionnaire prepared on the google form as an online link '' via social media between October and November 2018. According to the answers of it, a total of 520 people participation is ensured; 238 of which are engaged in sports and 282 non-sports and 224 men, 296 women. In data collection, developed by Rosenberg (1965) and the reliability with validity studies carried out by Çuhadaroğlu (1986) in Turkey, consisting of 5 positive and 5 negative statements, ten worded "Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Short Form" (SF-RSES) and "Happiness Scale" which was developed by Demirci (2017) and composed of 6 expressions was used. While the happiness scale was measured as a single factor, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale was measured with the average of 3 different scales, that is including positive expressions and negative expressions. T-test, one-way of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc tests using statistical analysis (SPSS) as a result of the sample created individuals: The releationship is associated with marital status, sporting status, sporting time, the level of professionalism in sport, self-esteem and between both of happiness levels; between age range and income levels with self-esteem levels; between the levels of education and the working condition among negative expressions measuring self-esteem and a total self-esteem levels. In consequence of the findings, it could be said that individuals' self-esteem and happiness levels are higher than those who do not sports; therefore, sports makes positive contributions to individuals' psychology in terms of self-esteem and happiness levels.