Investigation of Self-Awareness Levels of Female Students Participating in International Youth Camp by Different Variables

Authors : Selhan ÖZBEY, Enes IŞIKGÖZ, Melike ESENTAŞ, Pınar GÜZEL

Pages : 1-10

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Publication Date : 2018-10-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of the study was to examine the self-awareness levels of female students participating in international youth camp according to country, age and education variables. The study group of the study was composed of a total of 92 female students who participated in the international youth camp organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports from Turkey and from various countries. The data of the study were collected by Self-Awareness scale. Descriptive statistical techniques were used in the analysis of the data. Besides this, Mann Whitney-U and Kruskall Wallis-H tests were used for comparison of intergroup data. The results were interpreted at p <0.05 significance level. As a result of the study, it has been observed that the overall self-awareness level of female students participating in the international youth camp is high and regarding the sub-dimensions, cognitive skills of female students, then their social intelligence and lastly their emotional intelligence better establish their self-awareness levels. It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference in self-awareness levels of female students by the age variable in terms of demographic variables, but it varied significantly by the country and education variables. 
Keywords : Ministry of Youth and Sports, International Youth Camp, Female Students, Self awareness