THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIFE SATISFACTION LEVELS AND WORK ALIENATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

The purpose of this study is to seek answers to the question “To what extent work alienation variables contribute to predicting li fe satisfactions of physical education teachers?”. In accordance with the research goals, this study was conducted in the relational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research designs. The research group of the study consists of 179 physical e ducation teachers working at public schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education. 96 of the physical education teachers who constitute the research group work at primary schools whereas 83 physical education teachers work at middle schools. 25. 7 % of the research group (46) are female participants while 74.3 % are male (133). The teachers participating in the study come from 53 provinces. The data were collected online using the e - questionnaire technique. A personal information form, which was developed by the researchers to collect information about physical education teachers? genders, ages and seniority, was used as the data collection instrument. In order to determine the life satisfaction levels of the physical education teachers, Life Sati sfaction Scale was used whereas in order to determine their work alienation levels Work Alienation Scale was used. In the study, Pearson Product - Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to investigate the relationship between the sub - dimensions of the W ork Alienation Scale, namely weakness, meaninglessness, isolation and alienation to school, and the physical education teachers? life satisfaction scores. On the other hand, Multi - functional Regression Technique was used to determine to what extent the sub - dimensions of the alienation scale predicted the life satisfaction scores of the Physical Education teachers. According to the findings of the correlation analysis, a medium - level, significant and negative relationship was observed between the life satis faction scores of the physical education teachers and the sub - dimensions of alienation, namely weakness, meaninglessness, isolation and alienation to school (p