Attitudes of individuals who participate in recreative mountain and nature sports towards COVID-19 phobias
Yasin Karaca1
, Metin Can Kalaycı2
1Recreation Management Department, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Osmaniye, Turkey
2School of Physical Education and Sports, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Keywords: COVID-19, phobias, recreation sports
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine COVID-19 phobias of individuals engaged in recreational mountaineering and nature sports according to their gender, marital status, wearing a mask, presence of relatives diagnosed with COVID-19, informing them about COVID-19, and following the news.
Material and Methods: The general survey model was used in the research. The data group consisted of 123 volunteers engaged in recreational mountaineering and nature sports, living in City X, who were selected according to the appropriate sampling method. "COVID-19 Phobia Scale" was used in this study. Data frequency and percentage analysis for descriptive statistics; variance analysis (One-way ANOVA, independent sample t-test) to compare average scores in unrelated measurements; and Tukey test to determine between which groups the significant difference exists, were used.
Results: It was determined that COVID-19 phobias of individuals engaged in recreational mountaineering and nature sports display significant differences according to their gender, marital status, wearing a mask, presence of relatives diagnosed with COVID-19, informing them about COVID-19, and following the news.
Conclusion: It was observed that the stress, fear and anxiety linked with COVID-19 caused various phobias in individuals participating in the study.
Cite this article as: Karaca Y, Kalayci MC. Attitudes of individuals who participate in recreative mountain and nature sports towards COVID-19 phobias. Turk J Sports Med. 2021;56(4):152-8; http://dx.doi.org/10.47447/tjsm.0517
The approval for this study was obtained from Institutional Ethics Committee of Osmaniye Kortkut Ata Üniversitesi.
Concept - Y.K., M.C.K.; Design - Y.K., M.C.K.; Supervision - Y.K., M.C.K.; Materials - Y.K., M.C.K.; Data Collection and/or Processing - Y.K., M.C.K.; Analysis and Interpretation - Y.K., M.C.K.; Literature Review - Y.K., M.C.K.; Writing Manuscript - Y.K., M.C.K.; Critical Reviews - Y.K., M.C.K.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to authorship and/or publication of the article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or publication of this article.
