Examination of disadvantaged children`s communication skills with sports branches

Authors : Faruk GÜVEN, Ahmet YILGIN, Hacı Murat ŞAHİN

Pages : 122-131

Doi:10.31459/turkjkin.1202591

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Publication Date : 2022-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, it was aimed to examine the development of communication skills in the sports education project of Turkish and Syrian refugee students aged 9-15, who were considered disadvantaged with the \`Young Together\` project of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. In the study, the disadvantaged children living in the province of Kilis form the universe, while the students included in the project form the sample. In the study, the changes in the emotional and behavioral communication of the participants, which are included in the communication skills, were evaluated by giving training to the students in 5 different sports branches for 16 weeks, 2 days and 4 hours a week. In the study, the description was made in the scanning model, which is one of the quantitative research methods. In the study, the data obtained from 109 people determined by random method among 320 individuals who participated in the project voluntarily were evaluated. A questionnaire consisting of demographic information and communication skills inventory was used in the measurement tool of the study. In the analysis of the data, demographic variables were processed using the JASP statistical program, percentage and frequency, and other analyzes were processed with t-test, one-way analysis of variance and correlation tests at p<0.05 significance level. As a result of the research, it was understood that the majority of the participants were Turkish and women, disadvantaged individuals between the ages of 11-12 and at the 6th grade level with low income. Communication skills and the behavioral and emotional communication skills included in it are behaviors that can be developed in sports, recreation and other activities. Considering that disadvantaged individuals will be more in socio-cultural change, non-governmental organizations and policy makers should give importance to these and similar projects.
Keywords : children, exercise, psychology, sports