European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Introduction: Although there is an increase in the number of studies on different dimensions of sports branches in general, there are still relatively few studies both in the world and in Turkey on how different sports branch advocacy and community behavior are formed depending on a value system, the place and effect of advocacy in the daily life of individuals, whether fan attitudes differ or not. Materials and methods: Between the 2021-2023 academic years, 334 university students studying at Van YüzüncüYıl University Department of Physical Education and Sports participated in the research. In the study, the mixed model of qualitative and quantitative research model used together was used. In the qualitative part of the research, the procedures related to the creation of the article pool by taking the opinions of university students towards advocacy were included, and in the quantitative step, the validity and reliability analyzes made in the Jamovi 1.6.12 and Lisrel 8.8 package program were included.