Investigation of the relationship between life quality and stress levels of physical education and sports school students

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the quality of life and the level of stress in physical education students. A total of 514 university students (287 male and 227 female) attending the Physical Education and Sport College in 2018-2019 academic year participated in the study. The method of the study is a relational screening model. The universe of the research; In 2018-2019, university students who study at Yozgat Bozok University BESYO and study at Ahi Evran University BESYO are formed. The sample is; 514 students who accepted to fill the questionnaires. In order to collect data, personal information form, Perceived Stress Scale and WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Scale were used. According to the research findings; As the quality of life of general students increases, the perception of stress / discomfort and inadequate self-efficacy diminishes or the quality of life decreases as the perception of stress / discomfort and insufficient self-efficacy increase. In the present study, where the relationship between quality of life and stress levels was examined, the relationship between gender variable and the subscales of the QOL scale as the first sub-problem of the study was examined; The mean score of the male students in the social field dimension of the quality of life scale was found to be significantly higher than the average score of female students. As a result, as the quality of life of university students increased, the level of stress decreased significantly. In this context, it has been observed that quality of life has a positive and negative effect on gender, university, branches, indicator, alcohol, smoking and income levels. Our study is thought to contribute to the literature as raising the quality of life of the students and increasing the awareness of the state as a society.