An Investigation on Anxiety States of Students in Faculty of Sport Sciences During COVID-19

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1, 66 - 73, 20.06.2020

Kürşat Acar , Ahmet Mor , Kadir Baynaz , Erkal Arslanoğlu

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.736875

Cited By: 17

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This study aims
to investigate anxiety states of students in Faculty of Sport Sciences during
coronavirus (Covid19) in terms of some variables. Total number of 166 students
as 67 female and 99 male chosen by simple random sampling from Sinop University
Faculty of Sport Sciences participated in this study. Informed consent form and
Beck Anxiety Inventory were used as data collection tool. To disclose differences
in statistical evaluation of the data Mann-Whitney U Test and for multiple
comparisons Kruskal-Wallis Test were used. In paired comparison of the total
scores in anxiety inventory, it was detected statistically difference with regards
to gender variable in favor of males (p<0,05). On the other hand, there were
not found any statistically significant difference in age, monthly personal
income, home exercise status, exercise frequency, exercise duration, habit of
cigarette smoking and following virus news at daily basis during coronavirus
threat (p>0,05).  Anxiety levels of
females participated in this study were found higher than males. No
statistically significant difference was found in home exercise. But, anxiety
levels of the participants exercised at home were observed lower compared to
the others who did not.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Exercise, anxiety, covid-19

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