{"title":"Physical and psychologıcal reflections of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students","authors":"Evrim GÖZ, Ebru GÜÇ","doi":"10.47793/hp.1348661","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The first purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between the physical activity levels of university students and musculoskeletal system problems, psychological resilience, intolerance to uncertainty and psychological distress related to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic process. Examining whether the psychological resilience of individuals is significantly predicted by intolerance to uncertainty, psychological distress related to COVID-19, physical activity level and musculoskeletal system problems is the second aim. Methods: 860 university students participated in the study. Results: It was seen that, while the activity levels of university students increase, their psychological resilience increases and the lowest level of psychological distress related to COVID-19 is the most active group, intolerance to uncertainty and total physical activity level significantly predict resilience. And musculoskeletal pain was mostly seen in the lumbar region in university students during the pandemic. Additionally, individuals with low back pain had lower levels of psychological resilience and vigorous physical activity, and higher intolerance to uncertainty. Conclusion: The increased physical inactivity during pandemic both negatively affects the psychological resilience of the students and causes musculoskeletal pain; consequently it is important for university students to participate in physical activity in order to protect their physical and psychological health.","PeriodicalId":499712,"journal":{"name":"Humanistic perspective","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Humanistic perspective","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47793/hp.1348661","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose: The first purpose of this study is to determine the relationships between the physical activity levels of university students and musculoskeletal system problems, psychological resilience, intolerance to uncertainty and psychological distress related to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic process. Examining whether the psychological resilience of individuals is significantly predicted by intolerance to uncertainty, psychological distress related to COVID-19, physical activity level and musculoskeletal system problems is the second aim. Methods: 860 university students participated in the study. Results: It was seen that, while the activity levels of university students increase, their psychological resilience increases and the lowest level of psychological distress related to COVID-19 is the most active group, intolerance to uncertainty and total physical activity level significantly predict resilience. And musculoskeletal pain was mostly seen in the lumbar region in university students during the pandemic. Additionally, individuals with low back pain had lower levels of psychological resilience and vigorous physical activity, and higher intolerance to uncertainty. Conclusion: The increased physical inactivity during pandemic both negatively affects the psychological resilience of the students and causes musculoskeletal pain; consequently it is important for university students to participate in physical activity in order to protect their physical and psychological health.