Comparison of Satisfaction of Body Parts and the Success Levels of the Teams That Participated in Universities Handball 2nd League Competitions

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine and compare the satisfaction levels of the students participating in the Universities 2^nd Handball League competitions on body parts and body features and the success of their teams. The study group consisted of n=213 (111 female, 102 male) students between 18-24 years of age who participated in 2016-2017 Universities 2^nd Handball League competitions (8 Female Teams, 8 Male Teams). The “Body Parts and Body Features Satisfaction Scale” was used as the measurement tool. There are 26 items for women and 27 items for men in this scale. The One-Way Variance Analysis and Tukey Test were used in the comparison of the satisfaction scores of the male handball players from their body parts with the success levels in competitions, and the Kruskal Wallis Test and Mann Whitney U-Test were used in female participants.

According to the satisfaction from body parts and features average scores, the differences between the male and female teams were found to be statistically significant (p<0,05). These differences were detected in İbrahim Çeçen, Erzincan and Doğu Akdeniz University teams in men; and in Atatürk, Sütçü İmam and Erciyes University teams in women.

As a result, although there was a statistically significant difference between the average satisfaction scores of the teams, which were the 1^st and the last in the tournament, in terms of body parts and features, it was also determined that this situation was not influential on the success rating of the teams.