An investigation of physical education teacher's anxiety levels during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic process

An Investigation of Physical Education Teachers' Anxiety Levels During the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic Process.The general survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in this research. The scope of the research consists of 268 Physical Education and Sports Teachers in total. The data were collected with online questionnaire method. 4 Point Likert Scale - developed by Spielberg and his friends in 1964 and made its Turkish adaptation standardization by Le Compte and Öner in 1974-1977 - was used in this research. In order to conduct data analyses of the research, SPSS 26 (Statistical Package For Social Science) was used, and after the collection of the data, the answers given by the participants were transferred to the SPSS program by the researcher. Homogeneity and variances of the data were tested and tests were preferred according to its normality. Independent Samples Test was used in binary comparisons, One-Way Anova was used in multiple comparisons and Tukey HSD Test was used to determine the sources of difference. In this study, no statistical change was observed in the value of state anxiety according to the gender variable. It was observed that the average value of the trait anxiety of men was statistically higher thanwomen's. No difference was observed between the average values of state and trait anxiety according to the participants' marital status and age factors. There isno statistically difference in the change of anxiety due to the Father Educational Status factor. In the change of anxiety due to the mother's educational status factor, it was observed that the state and trait anxiety values of the participants whose mothers graduated from secondary schools were higher than the ones whose mothers graduated from primary and high schools statistically. Keywords: Anxiety, Covid-19, Teacher, Physical Education