THE EXAMINING PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AND PREFERENCES OF TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO SPORT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY

The purpose aimed to examine the problem solving skills and preferences of university students in relation to sport and social activity. The research population comprised of the English preparatory program which includes 500 students from 13 different departments of the university and all students in this program participated in the study voluntarily. No sample method was used. As data collection tools, inquiry form and Heppner Problem Solving Skill scale were used in order to determine the demographic variables and scores of problem solving skill in relation to participants respectively. The findings indicated that there was not a significant statistically different between man and female (, 851, p>0.05), sport and social activity in preferences (, 395, p>0.05), but a significant statistically relationship between problem solving skill and demographic variables was found. These findings were discussed in terms of the problem solving skills and preferences in relation to sport and social activity of university students.