Trabzon halkının ev sahiplği yaptığı XI. Avrupa Gençlik Olimpik Oyunları'nın (EYOF) etkilerine ilişkin görüşleri
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2015
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Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü
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The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude of Trabzon residents regarding the XI. European Youth Olympic Festival-EYOF hosted by Trabzon. Relational screening model was used among descriptive research methods in this survey. The survey was conducted in the city center of Trabzon. Population of the survey is 396 646. "Scale of Impact of Sports Events (SISE)", developed by the researcher, and personal information form was used as the instrument for data collection. The scale was applied to face-to-face interviews of 489 individuals, who were older than 18 and were living in the city center of Trabzon. The interviews were conducted after the EYOF events. A 5-point Likert item was used as a measurement instrument. There were 36 items in the measurement scale including sub-dimensions of positioning, sportive capital and investment, socio-cultural development, human resources and sustainability in sports. The issue regarding differences in opinions of the participants in terms of gender was tested by a t test. The issue whether there are differences in the opinions of the participants in terms of age, education, occupation, income, sport participation and attendance at the activity was tested by a one-way analysis of variance if the distribution of data was homogenous while a Kruskall-Wallis analysis was used if the distribution of data was not homogenous. In order to find the group forming the difference among the groups that were identified to have differences by Kruskall-Wallis test, the Mann Whitney-U test was used. In order to identify the group forming the difference among groups showing the difference by one-way analysis of variance, an LSD evaluation has been imposed. In summary it can be seen that the opinions of Trabzon residents were at an affirmative level regarding the XI. European Youth Olympic Festival hosted by Trabzon General average of the opinions of participants was in the level of (x=4.08). When the sub dimensions are considered, the lowest attitude point was in parameter of sportive investment with (χ=3.93±.862), and the highest attitude point was in socio-cultural parameter (χ=4.21±.673). The data presented in this study shows that the XI. European Youth Olympic Festival positively affected city of Trabzon in all of the relevant parameters such as sportive investment and capital, positioning, human resources, socio-cultural and sustainability in sports. It was also observed that the XI European Youth Olympic Festival in Trabzon fit many of the aspects of post-modernism as it applies to the hosting of sports events in the modern era. The global framework of the games through the post-modern perspective, Trabzon's role as an "entrepreneurial city", the concern with entertainment and consumption as well as the focus on economic development and urban renewal support this contention.
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Avrupa Gençlik Olimpik Oyunları, büyük ölçekli spor etkinlikleri, etki