Relation between Mindfulness and Post-Earthquake Trauma Levels of Students Who Take and Don’t Take Folk Dance Lesson

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between mindfulness and post-earthquake trauma levels of sports sciences faculty students who take and don’t take folk dance lesson. Mixed models was used both qualitative and quantitative approaches.  A total of 94 students, 35 women and 59 men, studying at the faculty of sports sciences, participated in this study. Data were collected using the Mindfulness Scale and the Post-Earthquake Trauma Level Determination Scale. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test and Pearson correlation analysis were applied to analyze the data. According to the research results, it was seen that the students were traumatized at a "high" level according to the scores they received from the PETLDS. A significant difference was observed in favor of the students who took folk dance lessons in the affective dimension, one of the sub-dimensions of the post-earthquake trauma scale, in terms of whether the students took folk dance lessons or not and gender variables. It was determined that there was a significant negative relationship between mindfulness scores and post-earthquake trauma scores. Accordingly, it can be said that if university students' mindfulness scores increase, their post-earthquake trauma scores will decrease.