Analysing the Correlations Between Unemployment Anxiety and Life Satisfaction of Sport Sciences Students

Authors : Hande Inan, Mustafa Koç

Pages : 33-44

Doi:10.38021/asbid.1282955

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Publication Date : 2023-10-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to investigate the correlations between sports sciences students’ levels of about their life satisfaction and unemployment anxiety depending on certain variables. The participants of the study were 196 volunteering sports sciences students (female=70 and male=126) who study at Adıyaman University in 2020-2021 academic year. The "levels of unemployment anxiety scale” developed by Tekin (2015) so as to determine students’ levels of anxiety about unemployment, Diener’s "life satisfaction scale” adapted into Turkish by Dağlı and Baysal was used as the tool of data collection in this study. SPSS 26.0 was used in analysing the collected data of the study. Data analysis methods used in the study were the distribution of percentages, correlation analysis and independent t-test, one way Anova test analysis and the data were analysed, It was found, as a result, that the participants’ levels of concern about unemployment in general were slightly below the scale average and that their life satisfaction was above the scale average. Negative, medium level significant correlations were found between unemployment anxiety, all factors of the scale and life satisfaction (p<0.01). no significant differences were found on examining the students’ unemployment anxiety and life satisfaction according to gender, types of sport and departments of study. Thus, it was found that there were no significant differences in the participants’ unemployment anxiety and life satisfaction on the basis of gender, age, departments and types of sport. In conclusion, deparment of sport sciences students’ unemployment anxiety were found to prevent them from getting more satisfaction from life. It may be said that students should develop and specialise in one or more than one area during their education so as to diminish their anxiety about unemployment and to secure that they get more satisfaction from life by considering the broadness of areas of employment in sport sciences.
Keywords : işsizlik kaygısı, yaşam doyumu, üniversite öğrencileri