Introduction. Folk dance is a form of physical activity which helps develop the ability to use the whole body in a coordinated way with music, and folk dancers’ characteristics vary according to the particular type of dance practised in a given geographic region. The aims of the study were to evaluate the effects of 12-week folk dance training on blood oxidative stress level, lipids, lipoproteins, as well as muscle damage markers and to define some physical and physiological properties of folk dancers. Material and methods. Thirty-eight healthy male folk dancers aged 21-28 years having an average of 11 years of dance training experience voluntarily participated in the study. All of the physical and physiological measurements and the blood analysis were performed twice, before and after the training period which focused on different regional dances (Caucasus, Bar, Zeybek, Spoon Dance, Thracian dances, and Horon). The training was done 2 hours per day (a total of 10 hours a week), during a 12-week-long period. Results. All the blood parameters were found to be within the specified reference ranges. The training programme had no significant effect on the blood lipid profile, whereas it was found to have positive effects on body fat (p ≤ 0.012), peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak; p = 0.000), muscle damage markers (creatine kinase, Δ% = −19.6), and total antioxidant capacity (p ≤ 0.002). Conclusions. Regular folk dance training was found to have positive effects on body fat, VO2peak, blood total antioxidant capacity, and muscle damage markers. Based on these results, the community should be encouraged to perform folk dance as a recreational physical activity, and public awareness should be raised about the health benefits of practising folk dances.

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'de farklı üniversitelerde halk oyunları bölümünde öğrenim gören öğrencilerinin spora bağlılık düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve farklı değişkenler açısından incelenmesidir. Araştırma pandemi sürecinde 2019/2020 eğitim ve öğretim yılında farklı üniversitelerin halk oyunları bölümünde öğrenim gören 195 erkek ve 229 kadın olmak üzere toplam 424 öğrenci ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırmanın verileri Sırgancı ve ark. (2019) tarafından türkçeye uyarlanan Spora Bağlılık Ölçeği ve araştırmacı tarafından belirlenen Covid-19 ile ilgili yargılarını belirlemek amacıyla hazırlanan bilgi formu ile toplanmıştır. Öğrencilerin demografik özelliklerin belirlemede frekans dağılımı, iki bağımsız değişken ile spora bağlılık ölçeği alt boyutları arasındaki farklılaşmayı incelemek için "Bağımsız Örneklemler için T-testi", ikiden fazla değişkenler ile spora bağlılık ölçeği alt boyutları arasındaki farklılaşmayı incelemek için "Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi" ve öğrencilerin yaşları ve sportif aktivite süreleri ile spora bağlılık ölçeği alt boyutları arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemek amacıyla "Pearson korelasyon" analizleri uygulanmıştır. Bütün bu testler SPSS 21 paket programında analiz edilmiş ve anlamlılık düzeyi p<,05 olarak alınmıştır. Öğrencilerin spora bağlılık ölçeği alt boyutları ile yerleşim merkezleri, covid-19 hakkında yeterli bilgiye sahip olma, covid-19 hakkında yetkililerin kendilerinin yeteri kadar bilgilendirdiğini düşünme durumları, devletin covid-19 ile ilgili önlemlerini yeterli bulma durumları, kısıtlamalara rağmen sportif aktivite yapma durumları arasında anlamlı farklılıklar olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin yaşları ve haftalık toplam spor yapma süreleri ile spora bağlılık ölçeği alt boyutları arasında anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

It was aimed to reveal whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the gender, age, sportive activity status and duration of the students studying at xxx University in the 2020-2021 academic year on their life skills levels. In this study descriptive survey method was used. A personal information form was used to obtain information about the demographic characteristics of 215 students, 71 male and 144 female and “Life Skills Scale” which was developed by Bolat and Balaman (2017) was used to determine the life skills levels, who participated in the study. Independent sample T test was used to determine the significant difference between two independent variables and life skills. Anowa Analysis of Variance techniques were used to determine the difference between more than two variables and life skills. Pearson correlation analysis was made to determine the relationship between Life Skills Scale and ages of students and duration of sports activities . Th results were evaluated according to the p<.05 significance level. It has been determined there is a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of coping with stress and emotions, empathy and self-awareness, decision making and problem solving about students gender and life skills scale according to the data obtained. It has been determined there is a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the students' sportive activities and life skills scale. It has been determined there is a positive significant relationship in students' weekly sporting activity time and life skills scale on the sub-dimension of decision making and problem solving.

It was aimed to reveal whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the gender, age, sportive activity status and duration of the students studying at xxx University in the 2020-2021 academic year on their life skills levels. In this study descriptive survey method was used. A personal information form was used to obtain information about the demographic characteristics of 215 students, 71 male and 144 female and “Life Skills Scale” which was developed by Bolat and Balaman (2017) was used to determine the life skills levels, who participated in the study. Independent sample T test was used to determine the significant difference between two independent variables and life skills. Anowa Analysis of Variance techniques were used to determine the difference between more than two variables and life skills. Pearson correlation analysis was made to determine the relationship between Life Skills Scale and ages of students and duration of sports activities . Th results were evaluated according to the p&lt;.05 significance level. It has been determined there is a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of coping with stress and emotions, empathy and self-awareness, decision making and problem solving about students gender and life skills scale according to the data obtained. It has been determined there is a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the students' sportive activities and life skills scale. It has been determined there is a positive significant relationship in students' weekly sporting activity time and life skills scale on the sub-dimension of decision making and problem solving.