Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the anxiety tendencies of the students in the faculty of sports sciences studying at universities in Turkey during the corona virus outbreak. The anxiety scale results about getting coronavirus of total of 239 students who gets sports training at the university were evaluated. T-test and one-way analysis of variance were used in statistical processes. While the individual anxiety score of the students was 38.92, the social anxiety score was 16.19 and 55.12 in total. While social anxiety levels of getting the new type of coronavirus were similar according to gender (p> 0.05), a statistically significant difference was found between individual anxiety and the anxiety of getting the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) (p <0.05). No significant difference was found between the anxiety of getting a new type of coronavirus according to the departments they lived in, the departments they studied and the sports they did (p> 0.05). As a result, it has been observed that the anxiety of the students who gets sports education at the University of the new type of corona virus varies according to gender, while it is similar according to the place of residence, the department of education and the sports branch. In addition, it can be said that students are worried about getting coronavirus above the middle level. The fact that the students have a similar concern of getting coronavirus according to the departments they are trained in and the type of sport can be attributed to the similarity of the sports training they get, as well as many factors such as their personal characteristics. In order to reduce the anxiety of getting coronavirus, seminars or trainings can be given to students on raising awareness.

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