Abstract:

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between depression and anxiety with the level of physical activity of young people studying in high school. The study included a total of 363 students, including 226 men and 137 girls, who were volunteers and aged 13-19 years, with an average age of 15.44±1.25. The study’s data related to the physical activity variable “International Physical Activity Survey Long Form (UFAA Long Form – International Physical Activity Questionnaire)” and the data related to the depression variable “Beck Depression Reserve” and the data related to the anxiety variable were also collected with “Beck Anxiety Reserve”. The statistical analysis found that 63.3 percent of male students, 75.1 percent of girls, were inactive or inadequate, and that the level of physical activity of male students was significantly higher than the level of girls (Independent T-Test; p<0,05). There is no meaningful difference between anxiety and depression points from gender pain (Independent T-test; p>0,05) and from the point of classification of physical activity (Single Direction ANOVA; p>0,05) There was also no meaningful relationship between physical activity and depression and anxiety (Pearson correlation; p>0,05) As a result, although the level of physical activity in high school students is quite low, it can be said that depression and anxiety are not affected by it.

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