Examination of the quality of life and stress coping methods of the Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports Employees

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Quality of Life and Stress Coping Methods of the Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate Employees. 200 personnel, 100 male and 100 female, working in the Kırşehir Youth and Sports Provincial Directorate participated in the study. The method of the research is relational screening model. The universe of the research consists of 800 personnel working in Kırşehir GSİM. The sample consists of 200 volunteer personnel who accepted to fill out the questionnaires. Data collection tools used in the research are demographic information form, WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Scale and Stress Coping Scale. Statistical analyses of the data obtained from the personnel participating in the research were made in IBM SPSS 22.0 package program. Normality test of the variables was checked. For this reason, non-parametric data analyses were applied. Mann Whitney U Test was used in the binary group independent variable analysis of gender and marital status of the participants, and Kruskal Wallis test was used in the multiple group analysis. General information, explanations and findings on quality of life, stress, and coping with stress are given. According to the research findings; significant differences were found between the social relations sub-dimension of quality of life and age, between the environment sub-dimension and gender, between physical health, social relations and environment and marital status, between general health status, physical health, psychological health and environment and education level. Differences in education level were observed significantly at the master's and doctorate levels. In addition, significant differences were found between social support and age and marital status. Significant differences were found between all sub-dimensions of quality of life and welfare level. Among the stress coping strategies, low-level positive relationships were found between avoidance and general health status, and low-level positive relationships were found with problem-focused coping, while a moderate-level positive relationship was found with social support. A moderate-level positive relationship was observed between general health status and physical health, moderate-level positive relationships with psychological status, low-level positive relationships with social relationships and medium-level positive relationships with the environment. Moderate-level positive relationships were found between physical health and social support, high-level positive relationships with psychological status, high-level positive relationships with social relationships and high-level positive relationships with the environment. Finally, moderate-level positive relationships were found between social support and general health status, and high-level positive relationships with psychological status. As a result, it is seen that there is a significant and strong relationship between the quality of life and stress coping methods of GSİM employees and their age, gender, marital status, education level, working hours, and welfare level. In the light of the findings obtained, suggestions are presented in the study.