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

Abstract

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.

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