Levels of wellbeing, resilience, and physical activity amongst Irish pre-service teachers: a baseline study
dc.contributor.author | O'Brien, Niamh | |
dc.contributor.author | Lawlor, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Chambers, Fiona | |
dc.contributor.author | Breslin, Gavin | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Brien, Wesley | |
dc.contributor.funder | State of Mind Ireland (SOMI) | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T15:15:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T15:15:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-12-14 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-01-08T15:01:32Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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 |
dc.description.sponsorship | State of Mind Ireland (SOMI, funding of a Ph.D. research project (2017–2020)) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | O’ Brien, N., Lawlor, M., Chambers, F., Breslin, G. and O’ Brien, W. (2019) 'Levels of wellbeing, resilience, and physical activity amongst Irish pre-service teachers: a baseline study', Irish Educational Studies, pp. 1-18. doi: 10.1080/03323315.2019.1697948 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/03323315.2019.1697948 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 18 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0332-3315 | |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Irish Educational Studies | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9464 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
dc.rights | © 2019 Educational Studies Association of Ireland. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Irish Educational Studie on 14 Dec 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03323315.2019.1697948 | en |
dc.subject | Intervention | en |
dc.subject | Physical activity | en |
dc.subject | Pre-service teachers | en |
dc.subject | Resilience | en |
dc.subject | Wellbeing | en |
dc.title | Levels of wellbeing, resilience, and physical activity amongst Irish pre-service teachers: a baseline study | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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