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Anxiety of Not Being Appointed: A Qualitative Study

Mehmet Özcan * mehmetozcan79@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0002-5451-0773 * ResearcherID: AAQ-9537-2021
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Faculty of Education, TURKEY

Mustafa Kemal Yöntem * muskemtem@hotmail.com * ResearcherID: AAQ-9540-2021
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Faculty of Education, TURKEY

Ahmet Galip Yücel * ahmetyucel@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-9435-7315 * ResearcherID: AAM-9941-2020
Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Faculty of Education, TURKEY

Open Journal for Educational Research, 2021, 5(1), 91-104 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0501.08091o
Received: 26 March 2021 ▪ Accepted: 4 June 2021 ▪ Published Online: 10 July 2021

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This study aims to reveal the opinions of the senior students of education faculty about the anxiety of not being appointed. Phenomenological research design is used in this research. The convenience sampling method was used in the selection of the participants. The data of the study is collected through face-to-face individual interviews with the students. The research form consists of 2 parts. The questions in the first part are about the demographic information of the participants. The second part includes questions aiming to reveal the experiences of the participants regarding the anxiety of not being appointed. Each interview lasted 20 minutes on average. All interviews conducted within the scope of the research were recorded using a voice recorder with the permission of the participants. Descriptive analysis was used in the analysis of data. According to the findings, it was observed that family expectations affected all of the participants who had anxiety about not being appointed. All of the prospective teachers who experienced anxiety about not being appointed were found to catastrophize the situation. Five of the participants who had anxiety about not being appointed had physiological symptoms and that anxiety affected daily life. Three of the participants who experienced anxiety about preparation for appointment stated that they had no additional effort to be appointed. All of the participants stated that they used social support mechanisms for anxiety.

KEY WORDS: senior student, unappointment, anxiety, unappointed anxiety.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Mehmet Özcan, Qiqihar Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Faculty of Education, Nevşehir, TURKEY. E-mail: mehmetozcan79@gmail.com.

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