Investigation of psychological flexibility levels of students studying at Kütahya Dumlupınar University according to their sporting status

It will be filled later.The aim of this study; in Kutahya University, students who are studying in different faculties also have the level of psychological flexibility according to their sports, gender, age, type of faculty, it is to examine in terms of variables such as the purpose of playing sports and the frequency of doing sports. The study included 2023-2024 total of 605 students, including 253 women and 352 men, who were selected by random sample method studying at the University of Kutahya Dumlupinar. To measure the demographic characteristics of the students participating in the study, 'Demographic Property Form' and 'Psychological Flexibility Scale' were used to determine the psychological resilience levels of the students. In the analysis of the data, SPSS 20.0 package program was used. Variance, standard deviation and t-test calculations were used to determine the level of flexibility depending on the study areas and variables. In more than two group comparisons, one-way variance analysis was applied to One-Way ANOVA. In the research findings, it was determined that the psychological flexibility levels of the students were not significantly differentiated (p>0.05) depending on gender, the faculty being educated, the purpose of doing sports and the frequency of doing sports. While there is no significant difference in the Values, Moment, Contextual Self and Dissociation sub-dimensions of psychological flexibility scale according to age variable; It was determined that the admissions sub-size level was significantly higher (p<0.05) compared to the students in the 18-21 age group. As a result, it has been concluded that the age variable of university students is not decisive at the level of gender, faculty, the purpose of doing sports and the frequency of doing sports is not only at the level of psychological flexibility. Keywords: Flexibility Levels, Psychological Flexibility, Sports Fitness