Özet:

This research aimed to determine the perceptions of sports high school students regarding the concept of COVID-19. The metaphors included in qualitative research approaches were used in the study. The study group of the study consists of 174 students attending sports high schools in Elazığ and Malatya, which were formed with the purposeful sampling maximum diversity method, which is among the non-random sampling methods. Content analysis was used in the analysis of the research findings. There are a total of 76 metaphors developed by students for perceptions of COVID-19. In these metaphors, taking into account the sources of metaphors, they are classified into conceptual categories according to their common features. When it is classified according to metaphor sources, it has been revealed that it is grouped into six categories. The metaphors which were produced have been classified as spreading rate, fear of death, affecting social life, damaging, showing signs and values. As a result of the research, it was determined that almost all of the students produced negative metaphors.

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