THE SELF ESTEEM AND EMOTİONAL INTELLIGENCE OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL ABILITY EXAMINATIONS IN ORDER TO ATTEND THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

The present study aims to evaluation the self esteem levels which include perception in connection with themselves and emotional intelligence levels which involves the use emotional skills in social interactions according to some socio-demographic variables. The present study administered Rosenberg’s Self Esteem Scale (RSES) and Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) to 124 males and 46 females, a total of 170 voluntary people who participated in the special ability examinations in order to attend physical education and sport teaching departments at university. Analysis of the data was made with SPSS program (p 0,05). As a result, age, participation in social and sporting events, family type, family attitudes and behavior which affect their self-esteem and emotional intelligence levels were found to be the common variables.