摘要：Objectives. Among the mental disorders that require help in our society and among university students,depression is the most common but often overlooked. As depression causes a decrease in life satisfaction andfunctionality in terms of person-environment, this research was conducted to determine the levels of depressionand related factors of students who are inactive in terms of physical activity.Methods. The research is descriptive. The students of a university are the universe of the study.According to the voluntary physical activity survey, 150 university students who were inactive in terms ofphysical activity constituted the sample of the study. The data were collected by using “Introductory InformationForm” and “Beck Depression Scale” (BDI). The data of the study were evaluated by using SPSS 15.0 (StatisticalPackage for Social Science) statistical package program. After collecting the data, the option researchers selectedby each individual for each item included in the scales were entered into the SPSS program and the total scoresof the individuals were calculated. In evaluating the demographic data of the research, chi-square analysis wasused to evaluate the relationship between number and percentage distributions, socio-demographiccharacteristics and Beck depression scale.Results. The majority of students live in the male (56.6%) and the majority live in the 19-22 age group(77.2%) and in dormitory and student homes (87.1%). Most of them are satisfied with their place (63.3%) andsometimes have problems with the people they live (67.9%);It was determined that he chose the departmentthey read intentionally (69.3%) and were satisfied with their schools (52.8%). It was determined that most of thestudents always felt loved (53.4%). When the students' scores on the depression scale were evaluated, it wasfound that 44.8% had no depressive symptoms, 31.1% were "mild", 15.2% were "moderate" and 7.9% were"depressed". While variables, father's education, and voluntary selection of the department do not affect the levelof depression (p> 0.05), income level, number of siblings, place of residence, satisfaction from the place andschool, maternal education, and thinking of being loved are found to be effective on depression levels (p < 0.01).Conclusion. It was concluded that having siblings, living with the family, being dissatisfied with theplace and school, being less loved and thinking that life was meaningless and being alone was increasing thetendency and depression among university students.
