Anxiety Levels of Footballers in Regional Amateur and Professional Leagues During Pandemic Process

Abstract

This study aims to examine the anxiety levels of athletes playing football in different leagues in terms of marital status, the league they play in, communication between teammates, eating habits, hygiene habits, approach to people and training program variables. The study was carried out on 447 regional amateur league football players and 173 professional league football players in the 2019-2020 football season when the Covid-19 outbreak was as intense in our country as the whole world. In the study, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to measure participants' state and trait anxiety levels were used as a data collection tool. A significant difference was found in the state anxiety of participants according to the variable of the league they played. A significant difference was observed in trait anxiety levels regarding communication with teammates. It was observed that there was a significant difference in state anxiety levels in the dietary habits variable. Regarding cleaning habits, there was a significant difference in both state and trait anxiety levels. A significant difference was found in both the state and trait anxiety levels of the participants about their attitudes towards people. A significant difference was observed in the state anxiety of the participants who were given a training program by the club they played in.