Correlation between Ways Of Coping With Stress and depression levels of students at the Adnan Menderes UniversÃ?â??Ã?±ty School of Physical Education and Sports for gender, playing sports, year of study, department and sociodemographic variables is evaluated. A total of 535 students participated. Tools used: “Personal Information Form” for students and their families, “Ways Of Coping With Stress Inventory” for students’ stress coping attitudes and “Beck’s Depression Scale” for depression levels. Data analysis: Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U Tests, nonparametric correlations and Linear Regression analysis were used. Significance level: p<0.01 and p<0.05. Correlation for depression in female students was p<0.05 for gender. Optimistic approach and other stress coping subscales had a significant correlation (p<0.05). Students’ depression scores and self-confident, optimistic approaches and social support had a negative and depression scores, helpless and submissive approaches had a positive correlation.
