The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences
Background: In recent decades, there has been a notable decline in healthy lifestyle activity levels and a rise in unhealthy habits, particularly among university students. These trends are concerning, as behaviors developed during university years can negatively affect long-term life satisfactio...
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| author | Osman Pepe İbrahim Dalbudak Özdemir Atar Berat Koçyiğit Mustafa Deniz Dindar |
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| description | Background: In recent decades, there has been a notable decline in
healthy lifestyle activity levels and a rise in unhealthy habits, particularly
among university students. These trends are concerning, as behaviors developed
during university years can negatively affect long-term life satisfaction. The
aim of this study is to examine the effect of health anxiety on life satisfaction
levels of male university students enrolled in sports sciences. Methods:
The study population consisted of male university students studying sports
sciences, with a sample of 421 students selected by a simple random sampling
method. Data were collected using a researcher-designed personal information
form, and the health anxiety and life satisfaction scales in the literature.
Statistical analysis were conducted using SPSS 22.0 (IBM SPSS Statistics,
Chicago, IL, USA). Pearson correlation analysis was applied to determine the
relationships between variables and simple regression analysis was employed to
assess the effect of health anxiety on participants’ life satisfaction.
Results: The findings revealed a weak level of negative correlation
between health anxiety and life satisfaction among male university students in
sports sciences. Furthermore, health anxiety was found to significantly impact
life satisfaction. Conclusions: This study highlights the need for
targeted interventions to promote physical activity among university youth.
Addressing the physical activity in university years may contribute to healthier
lifestyles, and reduced health anxiety and improved life satisfaction in the long
term. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-feeb82d0731c4c8bacddce426a1ac3ad2025-08-20T03:11:17ZengMRE PressJournal of Men's Health1875-68671875-68592025-05-01215566210.22514/jomh.2025.068S1875-6867(25)00385-9The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciencesOsman Pepe0İbrahim Dalbudak1Özdemir Atar2Berat Koçyiğit3Mustafa Deniz Dindar4Faculty of Sport Science, Süleyman Demirel University, 32500 Isparta, TürkiyeFaculty of Sport Science, Uşak University, 64000 Uşak, TürkiyeFaculty of Sport Science, Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University, 17000 Çanakkale, TürkiyeFaculty of Sport Science, Süleyman Demirel University, 32500 Isparta, TürkiyeFaculty of Sport Science, Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University, 17000 Çanakkale, TürkiyeBackground: In recent decades, there has been a notable decline in healthy lifestyle activity levels and a rise in unhealthy habits, particularly among university students. These trends are concerning, as behaviors developed during university years can negatively affect long-term life satisfaction. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of health anxiety on life satisfaction levels of male university students enrolled in sports sciences. Methods: The study population consisted of male university students studying sports sciences, with a sample of 421 students selected by a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a researcher-designed personal information form, and the health anxiety and life satisfaction scales in the literature. Statistical analysis were conducted using SPSS 22.0 (IBM SPSS Statistics, Chicago, IL, USA). Pearson correlation analysis was applied to determine the relationships between variables and simple regression analysis was employed to assess the effect of health anxiety on participants’ life satisfaction. Results: The findings revealed a weak level of negative correlation between health anxiety and life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences. Furthermore, health anxiety was found to significantly impact life satisfaction. Conclusions: This study highlights the need for targeted interventions to promote physical activity among university youth. Addressing the physical activity in university years may contribute to healthier lifestyles, and reduced health anxiety and improved life satisfaction in the long term.https://oss.jomh.org/files/article/20250604-562/pdf/JOMH2024111202.pdfhealth anxietylife satisfactionuniversity studentssport sciences |
| spellingShingle | Osman Pepe İbrahim Dalbudak Özdemir Atar Berat Koçyiğit Mustafa Deniz Dindar The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences Journal of Men's Health health anxiety life satisfaction university students sport sciences |
| title | The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences |
| title_full | The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences |
| title_fullStr | The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences |
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| title_short | The impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences |
| title_sort | impact of health anxiety on life satisfaction among male university students in sports sciences |
| topic | health anxiety life satisfaction university students sport sciences |
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