Life Satisfaction and Positivity Levels of Mus Workers of Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports (original) (raw)

2019, Ankara Üniversitesi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu SPORMETRE Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi

The purpose of this study is to determine the life satisfaction and positivity levels of the personnel working in different units of the Mus Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate. In this study conducted on 87 staff; The levels of life satisfaction and positivity of the personnel were determined, and the levels of life satisfaction and positivity were examined in terms of socioeconomic , demographic and descriptive characteristics. In this research, a general scanning model, which is one of the descriptive research methods, is applied. In the study, with the personal information form developed by the researchers, Life Satisfaction Scale developed by Diener, Emmons, Laresen and Griffin (1985) and Positivity Scale developed by Caprara, Alessandri, Eisenberg, Kupfer, Steca, Caprara and Abela (2012) were used. In the analysis of data, T-test and multiple comparisons anova test were used for two independent groups. Whether the data provides the assumption of normality is measured by the skewness and kurtosis test. The data collected from the participants within the scope of positivity level research; mann whitney u test and multiple comparisons for two independent groups were analyzed using Kruskal Wallis. As the result of the analysis did not provide the normality assumption, it was decided that it was suitable for the application of nonparametric tests.In this study, life satisfaction and positivity levels of the participants were affected by income levels; It was found that age, gender, marital status and educational status did not cause statistically significant difference in life satisfaction and positivity level.