ABSTRACT

Background: While the level of physical activity is essential to public health, daily scientific interest can be attracted by the variety of mental influences surrounding fitness and participation in sport. For this cause it is increasingly common for people to provide an influence with the imagination technique, which is increasingly common in the field of exercise and sports psychology. Based on this; the relationship between the level of participation in physical activity and the level of imagination of university students, who are the young adults of the society, has been a matter of concern.

Aim: To find out the relationship between physical activity levels and imagination levels of Dicle University students.

Place & duration of study: In the study, there are university students attending their education in the 2020-2021 academic year at Dicle University in Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Method: 572 students voluntarily participated in the study. The general surveying method was applied in the study. The questionnaire form applied consists of two parts. In the first part, the form developed by the researcher (Gender, Age, Class and Faculty of Study) including demographic features was used, in the second part; the physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Sports Imagination Inventory were used. SPSS 21 package program was used in the analysis of the data.

Results: Out of the total 572 students, 296 (51.7%) are female and 276 (48.3%) are male. According to the results of the correlation analysis, it is seen that there is a statistically positive and significant relationship between the visualization scale in sports and the total MET scores of the international physical activity scale (IPAQ) depending on physical activity levels (r =, 117, p <.01).

Conclusion: As a result, it can be said that there is a positive relationship between the physical activity levels of university students and their imagination levels, and accordingly, as the physical activity levels of the students increase, their visualization levels will also increase.

Keywords: Physical Activity, Imagination, University Students