Çakır Zekai, Erbaş Ülfet, Gönen Mevlüt, Ceyhan Mehmet Ali, Öktem Tuncay, Kul Murat, Dilek Ahmet Naci, Güzel Sema
Faculty of Sport Sciences, Bayburt University, Bayburt, Turkey.
School of Physical Education and Sports, Şırnak University, Şırnak, Turkey.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Aug 5;13(1):867. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03108-x.
Earthquakes are calamities of devastating nature that induce longterm post traumatic stress on affected victims. As such, they are recognized worldwide as being huge sources of stress. In this research study, the first objective is to assess the level of trauma and earthquake stress of university students who exercise and those who do not.
This study utilized the descriptive survey research method. The sample comprised 378 male and 300 female students who experienced the socially detrimental 7.7 Mw and 7.6 Mw earthquakes in Turkey on February 6, 2023. The data were both face-to-face and via computer-administered questionnaire with the tools of "Post-Earthquake Trauma Level Scale" and "Earthquake Stress Coping Strategies Scale." After checking for normality, the parametric tests were used, the t-test to compare two groups of data, and ANOVA for three or more groups of data. Furthermore, Pearson correlation analyses were performed to compare the interactions between students who exercise and those who do not.
The study found that gender affected trauma levels, with female students (X = 73.483) exhibiting significantly higher trauma levels than male students (X = 68.799) (p < 0.001). Students who engaged in regular physical activity (X = 67.71) were found to have lower trauma levels compared to those who did not exercise (X = 71.97). Participants who feared being caught by the earthquake at home or school (X = 73.32), experienced the loss of someone close (X = 88.10) or believed that adequate precautions against the earthquake had not been taken (X = 71.73) had higher trauma scores. According to the results of the ANOVA test, students from the Departments of Sports Sciences (X = 69.78) and Religious Studies (X = 69.63) were observed to have lower trauma levels. Pearson correlation analysis showed a positive and moderate relationship between trauma levels and earthquake stress coping strategies among students who engaged in regular physical activity (r = .176, p < 0.01).
The research identified that factors such as gender, regular exercise, the experience of losing a loved one, and the perception that insufficient precautions were taken all significantly influence trauma levels. Moreover, the findings highlighted that regular physical exercise serves as an effective strategy for managing and coping with trauma.
地震是具有毁灭性的灾难，会给受灾者带来长期的创伤后应激反应。因此，地震在全球范围内被公认为是巨大的压力源。在本研究中，首要目标是评估进行体育锻炼和不进行体育锻炼的大学生的创伤程度和地震压力水平。
本研究采用描述性调查研究方法。样本包括378名男学生和300名女学生，他们经历了2023年2月6日发生在土耳其的造成社会危害的7.7级和7.6级地震。数据通过面对面和计算机辅助问卷调查收集，使用的工具为“地震后创伤程度量表”和“地震压力应对策略量表”。在检查数据正态性后，使用参数检验，t检验用于比较两组数据，方差分析用于三组或更多组数据。此外，进行了Pearson相关分析，以比较进行体育锻炼和不进行体育锻炼的学生之间的相互关系。
研究发现性别会影响创伤程度，女学生（X = 73.483）的创伤程度显著高于男学生（X = 68.799）（p < 0.001）。与不进行体育锻炼的学生（X = 71.97）相比，经常进行体育活动的学生（X = 67.71）创伤程度更低。害怕在家或学校遭遇地震（X = 73.32）、经历亲人离世（X = 88.10）或认为未采取足够地震预防措施（X = 71.73）的参与者创伤得分更高。根据方差分析结果，体育科学系（X = 69.78）和宗教学系（X = 69.63）的学生创伤程度较低。Pearson相关分析表明，在经常进行体育活动的学生中，创伤程度与地震压力应对策略之间存在正相关且为中等程度相关（r = 0.176，p < 0.01）。
该研究确定，性别、经常锻炼、失去亲人的经历以及认为预防措施不足等因素均对创伤程度有显著影响。此外，研究结果强调，经常进行体育锻炼是管理和应对创伤的有效策略。
