摘要：The aim of this research is to analyze the reading habits of students studying physical education and sports training with respect to certain variables. A total of 324 first-year students (125 females, 199 males) voluntarily participated in the research from physical education and sports training departments of Sinop University, Kafkas University, and Ondokuz Mays University. A questionnaire consisting of two parts was used as the data collection tool in the research. The personal information form was used in the first part and the "Reading Habit Attitude Scale" developed by Gömleksiz (2004) was used in the second part. Shapiro Wilk and Levene tests were employed to determine whether the data exhibited a normal distribution in the analysis. The data exhibiting a normal distribution were analyzed with the help of t-test and One-Way ANOVA. In multiple comparisons, the Tukey HSD test was used to determine the groups causing the difference. According to the results of the research, a significant difference was found in favor of women in the age variable of sub-dimensions of "love, habit, will, effect and benefit"; in the gender variable; in favor of ages 18-20-21-22 in sub-dimension of "necessity"; in favor of primary and secondary school graduates in sub-dimensions of "habit, necessity and will" in the father's educational background variable; in favor of the average value above 1.5 in sub-dimension of "love" and in favor of average grades between 1.0-2.5 in sub-dimension of "benefit" in the academic grade averages variable (p <0.05). No significant difference was found with respect to the variables of the department and mother's education background (p> 0.05). It was revealed that among the university students studying physical education and sports training, female students read more than the male students and those whose father was a primary or secondary school graduate were more willing to read and they regarded this habit as a necessity.
