Abstract:

The aim of the study is to exemine the academic self-efficacy and occupation anxiety of the students of the Sport Science Faculty. In the scanning model conducted, 141 Physical Education and Sport Department students, consisting of 50 females and 91 males, participated in the study. “Academic Self-Efficacy Scale” and ‘‘Occupational Anxiety Scale for Teacher Condidates’’ were used as data collection tool in the study. SPSS Statistics 22.0 package program was used to evaluate the data. It was determined that occupation anxiety levels of female students are higher compared to males while there was no significant difference between self-efficacy levels of males and females. It was also found that academic self-efficacy levels of students show differences depending on the age. In addition, there was statistically significant differences on economical/social centered occupational anxiety levels of students depending on their ages. Other occupational anxiety sub-levels do not show differences for ages. While there was statistically significant differences according to the general academic point average (GPA) of students for “job appointment centered anxiety” level, which is one of the sub-levels of occupational anxiety level, no meaningful differences were observed according to the GPA of students for academic self-efficacy and other occupational anxiety level sub factors. Our study concluded that; while no relation is determined among self-efficacy levels and economical/social centered anxiety, colleague and parent-centered anxiety as well as adaptation centered anxiety levels; relation in negative direction is determined among duty centered anxiety, student communication centered anxiety, personal development centered anxiety, job appointment centered anxiety and school management centered anxiety levels.

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