The effect of stresful life events to burnout and depression level of academicians

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of stressful life events to the. The academicians who worked in physical education and sports high school of 15 university in Turkey?s 7 geographical region were surveyed in line with this aim. Total 365 quastionnaires were responded (80 females and 185 males) and evaluated.The research is a descriptive study which determines the present situation. Quantitative approach is used in the study. The research is conducted on the data collected from the questionnaire (scale) that involves personal and occupational information, Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).During the evaluation of the data obtained at the end of the research, SPSS 11.5 and STATISTICA 7.0 programs were used. The research for ferquency (f), percent (%), arithmetical mean ( ), Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro Wilk, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis H and test of Dunn were used.In the study; frequency, percentage and arithmetical means of data that was obtained for the purpose of determining the personal and occupational features of academicians of physical education and sports, depression level, burnout level, stres level and the data was interpreted.To reveal if physical education and sports academicians? burnout and depression levels differ according to their; stres groups, geographical region, age, gender, marital status, academic title, being an administrator, educational background, foreign language background, period of occupational service, perception of salary, Mann Whitney ? U and Kruskal Wallis ? H is estimated and Dunn test is used in order to find out groups that differ from others. The reliability coefficient of the inventory is found to be a=0.81 for the dimension of emotional exhaustion, a=0.81 for the depersonalization dimension, a=0.66 for the reduced personal accomplishment dimension and a=0.87 for the depression.As a result of the study; it was found that physical education and sports academicians have a low level of burnout and depression, and have a moderate level of stres. The effects of stresful life events to depression level and burnout level was fonud meaningful. Increase of stres level was affected depression level and burnout level. It was determine that physical education and sports academicians? burnout and depression levels were affected by their variables of geographical region, age, marital status, academic title and being an administrator.Key Words: Academicians, Stresful Life Events, Burnout, Depression, Physical Education and Sports.