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This study was conducted to determine the effect of university students' anxiety on their hopelessness levels during the COVID-19 pandemic period. This descriptive study was conducted with 492 students studying at Vocational School of Health Services at a foundation university. In order to obtain the data were used the questions in which the demographic characteristics of the students were also questioned, the State-Trait Anxiety Scale and the Beck Hopelessness Scale. In the evaluation of the data were used number, mean, percentile distributions, standard deviation, One-Way ANOVA, t-test, Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The average state anxiety score (X ̅=41.79±11.49) of the students participating in the study was found to be moderate, while the trait anxiety score (X ̅=42.71±10.59) and hopelessness score (X ̅=4.99±5.07) were found to be mild. It has been observed that there is a positive moderate relationship between the state and trait anxiety levels of university students and their hopelessness levels (p<0.01). As a result of the regression analysis, it was found that the variables of state and trait anxiety explained the variance in hopelessness scores at the level of 44.5% (p<0.05). When the data obtained from the study were evaluated, it was determined that the state and trait anxiety levels of university students were moderate and hopelessness levels were mild during the pandemic period. It was determined that as the state and trait anxiety levels of university students increased, their hopelessness levels increased. In addition, the results show that trait anxiety and state anxiety significantly predict hopelessness. In the study, it was concluded that universities should develop new strategies to protect the mental health of university students.

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