Predicting Social Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being Preservice Teachers through Doing Sports - Research Paper

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The study examines how doing sports relates to social anxiety and subjective well-being among preservice teachers. Data were collected from 450 pre-service teachers using a Personal Information Form, Social Anxiety Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. Independent-samples t-tests and ANOVA were applied, with Tukey’s test for group differences and Pearson correlation for continuous variables. Female participants reported significantly different social anxiety and value lessness scores, and older participants showed higher subjective well-being. Overall, sports participants had higher subjective well-being and lower value lessness, with limited differences in several social anxiety dimensions.

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Asian Journal of Education and Training Vol. 5, No. 2, 316-323, 2019 ISSN(E) 2519-5387 DOI: 10.20448/journal.522.2019.52.316.323 © 2019 by the authors; licensee Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Predicting Social Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being Preservice Teachers through Doing Sports Ezgi Samar 1 Fehmi Çalık2 Emin Yaşar3 Cuma Ece4 􀀣 Murat Şen5 Betül Şen6 Mihrab Bilir7 (􀀣 Corresponding Author) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7Sakarya University of Applied Disciplines, School of Physical Education and Sports, Turkey. Abstract In the study, it is aimed to research the social anxiety and subjective well-being of preservice teachers through doing sports. A total of 450 pre-service teachers majoring in various teaching areas including science Turkish, English, Elementary Mathematics and Primary School teaching at a state university in the Southeastern Anatolia Region participated in the study. The data were collected via a Personal Information Form, Social Anxiety Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. T-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used when compared the independent groups, Tukey's test was used for comparison of differences. The Pearson correlation test was tested for the relation between continuous data. When based on gender, the scores of female participants of social anxiety and value lessness are significantly different. When based on age, subjective wellbeing scores of 23 years and older participants are significantly high. Generally, subjective wellbeing scores of pre-service teachers who do sports are significantly high while their value lessness scores are significantly low. In the comparison of participants at the age of 23 and younger with reference to doing sports, subjective well-being scores of participants doing sports was significantly higher than those of the ones not doing sports. However, it was detected that their scores of social anxiety, social aversion and being criticized did not differ significantly with reference to doing sports. It was detected that there was no significant difference in comparison of scores subjective well-being, social anxiety, social aversion, value lessness and being criticized belonging to participants at the age of 24 and older with reference to doing sports. In this study, found that subjective well-being scores of those who did not do sports were lower than those who did sports. In addition, it has been determined that the total points of social avoidance, worthlessness and social anxiety do not differ among those who do sports and do not. Keywords: Social anxiety, Subjective well-being, Pre-service teachers, Doing sports, Sports, Social Aversion. Citation | Ezgi Samar; Fehmi Çalık; Emin Yaşar; Cuma Ece; Murat Şen; Betül Şen; Mihrab Bilir (2019) . Predicting Social Anxiety and Subjective Well-Being Preservice Teachers through Doing Sports. Asian Journal of Education and Training, 5(2): 316-323. History: Received: 25 January 2019 Revised: 4 March 2019 Accepted: 12 April 2019 Published: 20 May 2019 Licensed: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Publisher: Asian Online Journal Publishing Group Contribution/Acknowledgement: All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study. Funding: This study received no specific financial support. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. Transparency: The authors confirm that the manuscript is an honest, accurate, and transparent account of the study was reported; that no vital features of the study have been omitted; and that any discrepancies from the study as planned have been explained. Ethical: This study follows all ethical practices during writing. Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 317 2. Method ..................................

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What was the main purpose of the study?

To investigate social anxiety and subjective well-being of preservice teachers through doing sports.

How was the data collected and analyzed?

Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, Social Anxiety Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale, then analyzed with t-tests, ANOVA (with Tukey’s test), and Pearson correlation.

Did preservice teachers who do sports show different results?

Yes. Those who do sports generally showed significantly higher subjective well-being and significantly lower value lessness compared with those who do not.

Were social anxiety-related dimensions affected by doing sports?

Some dimensions did not differ significantly based on doing sports, while social avoidance, worthlessness, and social anxiety totals were also reported as not differing among those who did and did not do sports.

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