Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

Full Length Research Paper

The effect of recreational activities on self-esteem development of girls in adolescence

Betul BAYAZIT
  • Betul BAYAZIT
  • Department of Physical Education and Sports, Recreation, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 12 June 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 September 2014
  •  Published: 23 October 2014

Abstract

 

This study aimed to investigate the effect of recreational activities on self-esteem development of girls in adolescence. For this purpose, a total of 20 girls in adolescence period took part in the present study. Recreational activities program included bowling, patenga, orienteering, basketball, volleyball, badminton, ping-pong, dance, fun athletics. This program lasted for 90 min a day, 2 days a week for 10 weeks. Coopersmith (1967) Self-esteem scale was used to determine self-esteem levels of the girls in adolescence. The data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 Package Program. Descriptive statistics and paired samples t test were used to analyze the data. Level of significance was determined to be 0.05. As a result of this study, there is a significant difference between self-esteem pretest and self-esteem posttest scores (p<0.05).

 

Key words: Self-esteem, recreation activities, adolescence.

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