Investigation of the Relationship between Anxiety and Type of Leisure Time Activity in Female High School Students

The purpose of this study was to survey rate of anxiety in high school female students and its relation to how to spend leisure time. The Sample consisted of 136 students randomly selected. Two self-report questionnaires were used for the present study. The first questionnaire includes spending leisure and the second one, that is, GHQ-28 was used to assess anxiety. Kolmogorov- Smirnov test and independent t-test were used for Statistical analyses. The results shows level of anxiety in the group who did physical activity in their leisure time was lower comparing with group who did sedentary activity (t=5.73, p=0.001). Therefore doing sport exercise in leisure can help students to reduce anxiety.