Abstract:

123The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between physical education teachers' zest for work and physical self-esteem levels. The research design is defined as relational screening design. The sample of the study consists of 256 physical education teachers, 80 female and 176 male teachers, who work under the Ministry of National Education in four different provinces of Turkey and are selected by appropriate sampling method. The "Zest for Work Scale ZWS " developed by Erdoğan 2013 and the "Physical Esteem Scale" adapted to Turkish by Karaçam 2016 were used to measure physical education teachers' zest for work and physical self esteem, respectively. Analysis of the data was conducted in the SPSS 21 program. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to investigate relationships between variables of physical education teachers' age, seniority, doing exercise and body mass index and their zest for work and physical self esteem levels. T-test was used to compare their zest for work and physical self esteem levels to variables of gender and level organization for which they work. According to the results of the study, physical education teachers' zest for work levels in terms of the level organization for which they work showed significant difference in favor of those working at high schools. It was found that there is a negative and significant relationship between physical education teachers' zest for work levels and ages, and seniorities and frequency of doing exercise. It was found a positive and significant relationship between physical education teachers' physical self esteem levels and frequency of doing exercise but this significant relationship is negative between their physical self esteem levels and BMI. Moreover, it was found a positive and significant relationship between physical education teachers' zest for work and physical self esteem levels

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