THE EFFECT OF FITNESS ON SOCIALIZATION

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of fitness on socialization. The universe of the research consists of individuals who make fitness sports in Van province. The sample consisted of 180 male and 72 female fitness workers in Van in 2017-2018. In this study was used the Socialization Scale developed by Şahan. The data were evaluated in IBM SPSS 22.0 package program. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, one-way Anova, independent t-test were used to analyze the data. The level of significance of the statistical analyzes was evaluated (p<0,05). The participants significant changes were observed in the age, income levels and education of levels (p<0,05). According to gender and occupational variables there was no significant difference between the participant and their socialization levels (p>0,05). As a result, it is predicted that this study will help to better understand the importance of sports in education and to solve socialization problems of young people.