ABSTRACT

Background: Depression tendencies of female volleyball players during the covid 19 outbreak and its effect on their nutritional habits.

Aim: This study aims to examine whether there is an effect on depression tendencies and eating habits of university graduate elite female volleyball players during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Methods: In the analysis of the data collected in the study, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean, frequency, standard deviation, and percentage values were used. In order to determine whether the parametric analysis can be performed for this study, it was examined whether the data showed normal distribution.

Result: Results show that during the Covid-19 pandemic, university graduate female volleyball players showed a high level of behavior in the eating habits dimension and food consumption frequencies dimension, and showed a low level of behavior in the dimension of non-food products. No significant relationship was found between the depression tendencies of female volleyball players and their nutritional behaviors in general. It was determined that as the depression tendencies of female volleyball players increased, their behaviors in the dimensions of eating habits and food consumption frequencies decreased slightly. In addition, it was determined that female volleyball players did not have depression tendencies in general during the Covid-19 pandemic period. The eating habits levels of female volleyball players who describe themselves as social and extrovert were found to be significantly higher than the eating habits levels of female volleyball players who describe themselves as quiet and calm and the eating habits levels of female volleyball players who describe themselves as hyperactive.

Conclusion: According to the differences in the depression tendency scale, the depression tendencies of female volleyball players who defined themselves as hyperactive were found to be significantly higher than the depression tendencies of female volleyball players who defined themselves as social and extrovert, and the depression tendencies of female volleyball players who defined themselves as quiet and calm.

Keywords: Covid 19 Pandemic, Depression Tendencies, Eating Habits, University Graduate, University Graduate, Women Volleyball Players.