Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Social Work with Groups, cilt.48, sa.3, ss.226-242, 2025 (Scopus)
Introduction: Sport has many advantages such as anger control, focus, and staying away from harmful habits. Dance is one of the most enjoyable sports activities, it has positive physiological and psychological effects, reduces depressive symptoms, increases self-esteem, self-confidence, and quality of life. Zumba, which includes both dance and sports, is defined as the “practice of feeling happy.” Zumba has positive effects on psychosocial well-being. A visually impaired adolescent with high self-esteem and social-emotional learning skills accepts themselves, realizes his abilities, feels strong and takes an active role in society. This study was conducted to determine the effect of sports-based group work on the social-emotional learning skills and self-esteem of visually impaired adolescents. Method: Experimental and control groups consisting of 10 visually impaired adolescents were determined in the study, in which the full experimental design was used. Zumba Fitness Exercise Program and group work were applied simultaneously to the experimental group. No application was made to the control group. Results: As a result of the study, it was determined that the Zumba Fitness Program and group work increased the social emotional learning skills and self-esteem of visually impaired adolescents. Discussion: When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are similar studies with the results of this study. Implications for practitioners: It is an important fact that these programs for visually impaired adolescents contribute to their self-esteem and social emotional skills. Therefore, the number of such studies should be increased.