THE BENEFITS OF ONLINE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON WOMEN AND THE EFFECTS ON THEIR STRESS AND ANXIETY LEVELS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PROCESS

Abstract

People have been adversely affected from the spread of the Corona virus and the unusual measures taken against it, and anxiety has started along with the stress. The purpose of this study is to research the benefits of online recreational activities on women and the effects on their stress and anxiety levels during the Covid-19 pandemic process. The research sample consisted of 35 women. As data collection tool, personal information form, recreation benefit scale developed by Ho (2008), the perceived stress scale developed by Cohen et al. (1983) and the trait anxiety inventory developed by Spielberger et al. (1970) were used. The data were analysed with the SPSS package program. F, %, and descriptive statistics were performed it. Cronbach Alpha coefficient was calculated for reliability. Independent Samples T-test was applied to normally distributed variables and Mann Whitney U test was applied to variables not conforming to normal distribution (p <0.05). In conclusion, it has been determined that recreational activities are more beneficial for women in the physical and social dimensions while the benefit in the psychological dimension has remained very low. It has also reduced the level of anxiety and had less effect on stress level.

Keywords

• Recreation Activities
• Stress
• Anxiety
• Benefit
• Covid Process

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