Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of psychological strength of high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic process, to study in terms of gender, exercise conditions and weekly exercise frequency. The sample of the study consisted of 116 (age=16.00±0.99) women and 107 men (age=16.18±1.06) of a total of 223 (age=16.09±0.81) high school students. The data is collected with the "Psychological well-being scale". In the analysis of the data, the t test, the one-way ANOVA test and the pearson correlation analysis were used. The findings of the study show that the scale score of female participants of psychological strength is significantly higher than the male participants (p<.01). The psychological strength scale score was found to be significantly different in terms of the exercise conditions of the participants (p<.01). According to the exercise preferences, there was no difference between the psychological strength scale score of the participants (p>.01). There was also a positive correlation between the weekly exercise frequency and the psychological strength scale scores (p<.01). As a result, it was revealed that the levels of psychological strength of participants who exercised in the COVID 19 social isolation process were higher than those who did not exercise. In such cases, research is needed to increase the awareness of the public about the benefits of exercising.

Keywords: