ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of teaching level of teachers and examination of physical activity and self-esteem of teachers. One hundred sixty-seven female and 197 male teachers totally 364 participated voluntarily in the study. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)-Short Form and Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale was administrated to the participants by self-report. Because the parametric assumptions is not satisfied, Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison of physical activity levels and on self-respect scores according to gender factor, and Kruskal-Wallis H test was performed for branch and teaching level factors. When the results of Kruskal-Wallis H test were found significant, pair-wise comparisons was performed by means of Mann-Whitney U test. The Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient is used to discover the relations between physical activity level of teachers and on self-respect. It was observed in this study that a few teachers (n=5) were intermediate the scores of self-respects and that the others were high level of self-respect scores. When the physical activity level of teachers and self-respect scores were compared to gender, the physical activity level male teachers were significantly higher than female teachers (z score=3,035, p=0,002), while self-respect scores were similar to each other in gender (p>0,05). When the physical activity level of teachers and self-respect scores were compared to branch, while the physical activity level of the physical education teachers was significantly higher class and branch teachers (x2 =8,476, p=0,037), a significant difference was not found between branches in terms of self-respect (x2 =6,116, p=0,106). When the physical activity level of teachers and self-respect scores were compared to age, no significant differences were found in the physical activity level of teachers and self-respect scores, respectively (x2=6,710, p=0,460; x2=1,889, p=0,966). While no correlation was found between total, intermediate, and walking physical activity levels and self-respect of teachers, a significant correlation was found between physical activity levels and self-respect of teachers (r=0,207, p<0,05). In conclusion, the study revealed that male teachers had higher physical activity level. While the physical activity level of the physical education teachers was higher than the other teachers, self-respect was similar to each other in branches. It was determined that self-reported enhanced when the physical activity level increased.

Key Words: Personality; Sport; Health