Comparison of anxiety between students of physical education & sport science and other students in Iran

Abstract

The purpose of present study was Comparison of anxiety between students of physical education &sport science and other students in Iran. Subjects of this study were 72 students in Shiraz University in Iran, 42 students were students of physical education and sport sciences(SPESS) and 28 students were students of other fields (SOF), student fulfilled anxiety questionnaire of Beck (BAI). The questionnaire, reliability was (89%), its validity was 0.79, and contained 21 questions, With 5 scale of liker's, Findings of this study indicated that Anxiety score was higher in SOF than SPESS (P=0.05). But evaluating data with Chi square test indicated higher frequency of severe anxiety in SPESS (P=0.05),participating in physical education classes may reduce total score of anxiety, but can increase number of severe anxiety.