Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the trait anxiety levels of freshmen and seniors studying sports at different departments of Ondokuz Mayıs University YaÅŸar DoÄŸu Faculty of Sports Sciences. A total of 270 freshmen and senior students studying at Physical Education Teaching, Coaching Education and Sport Management departments participated in the study. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was used as the data collection tool.  The trait anxiety levels of students studying at different departments were found to be high (over 41) regardless of gender. When the trait anxiety levels of freshmen and seniors were analyzed, no significant difference was found between the anxiety levels of physical education teaching students and coaching education students; while there was a statistically significant difference between the anxiety levels of sport management students (p<0.005). A significant difference was found between the trait anxiety levels of sport management freshmen students and physical education teaching students (p<0.001). In addition, a significant difference was found between the anxiety levels of coaching education students and physical education teaching students (p<0.005). No significant difference was found between the trait anxiety levels of seniors studying at different departments. In addition, no significant difference was found between the trait anxiety levels of male and female freshmen and senior students studying at different departments  (p>0.05). As a result, it has been concluded that university students have anxiety in general because they think their expectations will not be met or because of the difficulties and uncertainties they encounter in their university years.

Key word: Anxiety, anxiety and sports, trait anxiety.