Investigation of the relationship between career awareness and future anxiety of candidates preparing for sports sciences exams

In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between vocational career awareness and future concerns of students who are preparing to enter physical education and sports colleges. In this direction, the universe of the research consists of individuals who are preparing for the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and Sports Sciences faculties of the universities for the 2021-2022 academic year. The sample of the research consists of a total of 375 individuals, 166 women and 209 men, who are preparing for the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and Sports Sciences faculties in the province of Ankara. SPSS 25.0 program was used in the analysis of the data obtained from the research. The difference between the two groups was determined by the Mann Whitney U Test and the Kruskal Wallis test for the groups with more than two. Tukey Post Hoc test was used to determine which group was in favor of the difference in the Kruskal Wallis test. Spearman Correlation test was applied to determine the relationship between professional career awareness and hopelessness level. The significance level was determined as p<0.05. As a result of the analyzes made, the professional career awareness scale; professional development disposition dimension mean 23.04±3.53, professional readiness mean 16.33±2.18, professional awareness mean 16.94±2.03, professional self-confidence mean 16.30±1.78, professional career awareness general score average was determined as 72.62±7.20. Hopelessness scale; The mean hope dimension was 1.24±1.67, the mean loss of motivation was 2.43±1.79, the mean of future expectations was 1.10±1.41 and the mean overall hopelessness score was 4.77±4.15. It has been observed that there are significant differences according to gender, graduated high school, preferred department, reason for preference, profession they want to do and sports status. There is a weak negative correlation between the professional career awareness sub-dimensions of the participants and the hopelessness level sub-dimensions. In other words, as the level of professional awareness increases, the level of hopelessness decreases. As a result; Carrying out studies to increase students' professional awareness levels will reduce students' hopelessness and anxiety about the future.