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dc.contributor.authorO Brien, Niamh
dc.contributor.authorLawlor, Martin
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorBreslin, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorO’ Brien, Wesley
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-07T09:08:50Z
dc.date.available2022-04-07T09:08:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03323315.2019.1697948
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13012/68
dc.description.abstractThe current study examines the wellbeing, resilience and physical activity (PA) levels among Irish pre-service teachers. Participants were a sample of 128 higher education students (29% male; 71% female; mean age range 18–27 years old) who completed a self-report questionnaire, using a combination of established instruments for wellbeing, resilience, and PA. Descriptive data revealed that 39.1% presented with low levels of resilience, and 74% were not meeting the PA guidelines for health. One sample t-tests further revealed the sample population of higher education students had lower wellbeing (t (127) = −3.05, p = .003) and resilience (t (127) = −6.48, p = .003) levels, when compared to the population normative data. Results from the existing study suggest that a structured mental health and PA education awareness intervention for Irish pre-service teachers may be warranted, specifically to increase the lower than expected levels of resilience. The existing sample of pre-service teachers are at a critical time of transition, as they move forward into a profession where self-awareness of wellbeing is required at the beginning of their careers to sustain health both inside and outside of the classroom.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by State of Mind Ireland (SOMI), specifically through the funding of a Ph.D. research project (2017–2020).en_US
dc.publisherIrish Education Studiesen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2019.1697948en_US
dc.subjectwellbeing, resilience, physical activity, pre-service teachers, interventionen_US
dc.titleLevels of wellbeing, resilience, and physical activity amongst Irish pre-service teachers: a baseline studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.source.journaltitleIrish Education Studiesen_US
dc.source.volume29en_US
dc.source.issue3en_US
dc.source.beginpage389en_US
dc.source.endpage406en_US
html.description.abstractThe current study examines the wellbeing, resilience and physical activity (PA) levels among Irish pre-service teachers. Participants were a sample of 128 higher education students (29% male; 71% female; mean age range 18–27 years old) who completed a self-report questionnaire, using a combination of established instruments for wellbeing, resilience, and PA. Descriptive data revealed that 39.1% presented with low levels of resilience, and 74% were not meeting the PA guidelines for health. One sample t-tests further revealed the sample population of higher education students had lower wellbeing (t (127) = −3.05, p = .003) and resilience (t (127) = −6.48, p = .003) levels, when compared to the population normative data. Results from the existing study suggest that a structured mental health and PA education awareness intervention for Irish pre-service teachers may be warranted, specifically to increase the lower than expected levels of resilience. The existing sample of pre-service teachers are at a critical time of transition, as they move forward into a profession where self-awareness of wellbeing is required at the beginning of their careers to sustain health both inside and outside of the classroom.en_US


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