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Abstract

Comparison of depression between university athletes and non-athletes

Mir Hamid Salehian, Recep Gursoy, Gholam Reza Aftabi, Marzieh Taghizadeh Sardarudi and Zahra Deljavan Anvari

The purpose of this study was to compare the rate of depression among university athletes and non-athletes. Four hundred of Tabriz Islamic Azad university female and male students (18-32) were randomly chosen. Beck depression test (BDI) was used to evaluate the rate of depression. Data were analyzed by independent T test. By analyzing the proposed hypotheses at the P≤0.05 demonstrated significant difference between female and male athlete and non-athlete students in depression.