Abstract

This study is planned for the aim of comparing university students’ knowledge levels about doping who are interested in individual and team sport. A kind of identification study was made at Karamanoglu Mehmet Bey University at fall term in 2008-2009 education-training years. 103 university students who agree to participate in study and do in sports actively and study in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th class of Physical Education and Sports Department of physical education and sport at Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University composed the creation of study. Study data was gathered by survey method that leant against self-declaration of participants. In the survey form some questions which are specific to interrogation of socio-demographic features and a knowledge form which is leant against measuring knowledge level about doping were asked to the students. 35.9% of the students are girls and 64.1% of the students are boys who participate in the study and do sport actively Students age average is 22.42±1.74, and it is found that 31.1% of it is 1st class student, 28.2% is 2nd class, 20.4% 3rd class and  20.4% 4th class students. It has found that 18.4% of the students have done sport for 1-3 years, 36.9% of them for 4–7 years, 27.2% of them for 8–11 years and 17.5% of them for 12–15 years. It has found that the dispersion of students’ branches was 62.1% of team sport and 37.9% of individual sport. They have indicated that students’ tends to the sport is via 65% by own attention, 14,6% intervention of family and friends, 8,7% media and 11,7% physical education teacher and trainer. It has found that the knowledge levels about doping of sportsmen, who are interested in individual sports, is different from the knowledge level of sportsmen who are interested in team sport and it is statically meaningful (p<0.05). Those interested in team sports was higher doping level of knowledge.

Key words: Individual sports, team sports, doping knowledge level.