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

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).