and Social Activity

ABSTRACT The purpose aimed to examine the self-esteem and preferences of university students in relation to sport and social activity. The research population comprised of the English preparatory program which includes 500 students from 13 different departments of the university and all students in this program participated in the study voluntarily. No sample method was used. As data collection tools, inquiry form and Coopersmith Self-Esteem scale were used in order to determine the demographic variables and scores of self-esteem in relation to participants respectively. The findings indicated that there was no a significant statistically different between male and female (,198, p>0.05), but there was a significant statistically different between sport and social activity in preferences (,0.01, p<0.05), also self-esteem differed with demographic variables. In conclusion, sports have positive effects on self-esteem of university students