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The novel Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, as in many areas of life, has also created many uncertainties related to education. One of the student group affected by this uncertainty is the senior students studying at the Faculty of Sport Sciences. The aim of this research is to examined the mediating role of coping styles with stress (CSS) between intolerance of uncertainty (IU), and positive expectations (PFE) towards future in a sample of senior students of the faculty of sport sciences. The participant group of the research consists of 423 senior students, 170 female and 253 male, studying at sports science faculties of 8 different universities and participating voluntarily in the research. Research data were collected during the first wave of the COVID 19 pandemic through the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, the Coping Styles Inventory, and the Positive Future Expectations Scale. Mediation analysis and Bootstrapping test results confirm the mediating effect of CSS-effective and ineffective orientation in the relationship between students’ IU and PFE. According to the findings of this research; As the level of IU decreases, CSS-effective orientation increases and PFE increases through effective orientation. On the other hand, as the IU level increases, CSS-ineffective orientation scores increase and PFE decreases through ineffective orientation. The findings are discussed within the framework of the Intolerance of Uncertainty, positive expectations towards future and stress and coping related literature.

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