THE IMPACT OF PHISICAL PERCEPTIONSON WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN SPORT
KADINLARIN SPORA KATILIMINDA BEDEN ALGILARININ ETKİSİ

Author : Didem YAVUZ SÖYLER -- M.Fatih KARAHÜSEYİNOĞLU
Number of pages : 692-700

Abstract

This research is for determining the impact of the physical perceptions of the women in Elazıg city center. Assumed as the representatives of the main mass, 416 women, doing sport in 15 sport centers which organize programs for women in the city center of Elazıg, were included in the study. In the research which consists of two stages, a questionnaire was applied for this purpose and reached some conclusions after creating a conceptual framework with the help of literature. For ensuring the purpose of the research, “the scale of body perception”, which was developed by Secard and Jourard and then adapted to Turkish by Selım Hovardaoglu, was employed. While the first part of the questionnaire consists of some variables, the scale, in which the satisfactions of the various parts of the body were determined by 40 articles and total points were obtained, was used. A point between 1 (in no way) and 5 (I like it very much) is given for each article and a point between 40 and 200 can be obtained totally. The increase of the total points means the increase of the body perception. When the body perception points were taken into account, it was viewed that the minimum value is 47, 00 and the maximum value is 165,00 points. It was also viewed that the average points of the body perception was = 92, 16, the average value of the “I like it very much” and “in no way” scale was the level of “I don’t like much” ( = 2, 11). And in this way it was observed that the women were not satisfied with their bodies. Although the women weren’t satisfied with their bodies, they expressed their body perceptions were not effective on their continuing the sport centers, but the perceptions of their husbands and their social environments. When the averages of the body perception points are viewed according to the reasons of sport making, the highest average is post pregnancy ( =93, 87), and respectively doctor suggestion, losing weight and the lowest average is the healthy lifestyle ( = 91,33). Although there is a difference between the reasons of sport making and the average points of the body perception, this difference is considered significant.

Keywords

Woman, Body Perception, Sport, Sport Center

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