Investigating of the Relationship Between Pre-Service Teachers' Self-Esteem and Stress Coping Attitudes

Abstract

This study focused on the analysis about the relationship between pre-service teachers' self-esteem and attitudes of coping with stress. The sampling was consisted of 276 pre-service teachers studying at Hacettepe University. The data were collected through "Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI)" developed by Coopersmith (1967), which was adapted to Turkish by Piskin (1997) along with the "Inventory of Coping With Stress Attitudes (ICSA)" developed by Ozbay (1993), which was adapted to Turkish by ve Sahin (1997). The ICSA was consisted of 43 items with six factors and the Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.81. The SEI was consisted of 25 items and Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as 0.86. The findings were used to evaluate the relationship between pre-service teachers' self-esteem and attitudes of coping with stress. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.