Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Pozitif Ruh Sağlığı ve Psikolojik Toparlanma Durumları

Positive Mental Health and Psychological Recovery Status of Faculty of Sports Sciences Students

Oğuzhan Çalı¹, Savaş Aydın²

*Correspondence: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Oğuzhan ÇALI oguzhancali@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
¹Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi oguzhancali@cumhuriyet.edu.tr Orcid:0000-0001-6521-9714
²Van Yüzüncüyıl Üniversitesi, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi savasaydin@yyu.edu.tr Orcid: 0009-0008-0871-256X

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17430144

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Received / Gönderim: 26.05.2025 Accepted / Kabul: 07.09.2025 Published / Yayın: 24.10.2025

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencilerinin pozitif ruh sağlığı ve psikolojik toparlanma düzeylerini cinsiyet, spor türü, spor yapma süresi ve öğrenim görülen bölüm değişkenleri açısından incelemek ve bu iki değişken arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemektir. Araştırma, nicel tarama modeline dayalı betimsel bir çalışmadır. Çalışma grubunu, 2024–2025 eğitim-öğretim yılında farklı üniversitelerin Spor Bilimleri Fakültelerinde öğrenim gören 437 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Veriler, Pozitif Ruh Sağlığı Ölçeği ile Psikolojik Toparlanma Ölçeği aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde normal dağılım varsayımı çarpıklık ve basıklık değerlerine göre test edilmiş ve parametrik testlerin uygulanabilir olduğu belirlenmiştir. İkili grup karşılaştırmalarında bağımsız örneklem t-testi, üç ve daha fazla grup karşılaştırmalarında tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) kullanılmış; anlamlı farklılıklarda Tukey testiyle post-hoc analizler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Değişkenler arası ilişkiler Pearson korelasyon analiziyle incelenmiş, etki büyüklüğü için Cohen’in d ve eta kare (η²) katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Bulgular, kadın öğrencilerin erkeklere göre; bireysel spor yapanların takım sporcularına göre ve uzun süre spor yapan öğrencilerin daha kısa süreli spor yapanlara göre daha yüksek pozitif ruh sağlığı ve psikolojik toparlanma düzeylerine sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, Antrenörlük Eğitimi ve Spor Yöneticiliği bölümü öğrencilerinin, Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Öğretmenliği öğrencilerine göre daha yüksek pozitif ruh sağlığı düzeyine sahip oldukları belirlenmiştir. Pozitif ruh sağlığı ile psikolojik toparlanma arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, üniversite öğrencilerinin pozitif ruh sağlığı ve psikolojik toparlanma düzeylerinin çeşitli bireysel ve akademik değişkenlere göre anlamlı biçimde farklılaştığı ve bu iki yapının birbiriyle güçlü bir ilişki içinde olduğu ortaya konmuştur.

Anahtar kelimeler: Spor, üniversite öğrencileri, pozitif ruh sağlığı, psikolojik toparlanma.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the positive mental health and psychological recovery levels of students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences in terms of gender, type of sport, duration of sports and department variables and to determine the relationship between these two variables. The study is a descriptive study based on the quantitative screening model. The study group consisted of 437 students studying at the Faculties of Sports Sciences of different universities in the 2024–2025 academic year. Data were collected using the Positive Mental Health Scale and the Psychological Recovery Scale. In the analysis of the data, the assumption of normal distribution was tested according to skewness and kurtosis values and it was determined that parametric tests were applicable. Independent sample t-test was used in paired group comparisons, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used in three or more group comparisons; post-hoc analyzes were performed with the Tukey test in significant differences. Relationships between variables were examined with Pearson correlation analysis, and Cohen’s d and eta squared (η²) coefficients were calculated for effect size. The findings showed that female students had higher levels of positive mental health and psychological recovery than male students; individual athletes had higher levels of positive mental health than team athletes; and students who played sports for a long time had higher levels of positive mental health than those who played sports for a shorter time. In addition, it was determined that students of the Coach Education and Sports Management department had higher levels of positive mental health than students of Physical Education and Sports Teaching. A positive and significant relationship was found between positive mental health and psychological recovery. As a result, it was revealed that the positive mental health and psychological recovery levels of university students differed significantly according to various individual and academic variables and that these two structures were strongly related to each other.

Keywords Sports, university students, positive mental health, psychological recovery

APA 7 Citation

Çalı, O., & Aydın, S. (2025). Positive Mental Health and Psychological Recovery Status of Faculty of Sports Sciences Students. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 3(2), 293–305. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17430144
https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/issue2-volume3/ijoss-Volume2-issue3-24.pdf

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