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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2025, Vol. 20(1) 84-104
The Correlations Between Emergency and Disaster Management Students’ Unemployment Anxiety and Life Satisfaction
pp. 84 - 104 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.4
Publish Date: March 31, 2025 | Single/Total View: 8/6 | Single/Total Download: 12/7
Abstract
This study aims to identify the correlations between emergency and disaster management students’ levels of anxiety about unemployment and the sub-factors of it and their life satisfaction. The study, which was conducted by using the quantitative research method, is in relational survey model. The research sample was composed of emergency and disaster management students in the Faculty of Health Sciences of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in 2022-2023 academic year. It was impossible to reach all the students in the research population due to time restrictions and the circumstances, and therefore, 178 of the students in the population were included in the study. The research data were collected through the “Unemployment Anxiety Scale” and the “Life Satisfaction Scale”. In addition to that, the “Demographic Information Form” developed by the researcher was also given to the participants. It was found on looking at the results that the students’ levels of anxiety about unemployment in general were high. The students’ general anxiety about unemployment and its sub-factors and their life satisfaction were found to differ significantly according to their grade level, level of income and according to their current place of accommodation. Thus, their anxiety about unemployment and its sub-factors were found to be significantly and inversely related with their life satisfaction.
Keywords: Anxiety about unemployment, life satisfaction, university students, emergency and disaster management (EDM).
APA 7th edition
Guzel, S., & Maya, I. (2025). The Correlations Between Emergency and Disaster Management Students’ Unemployment Anxiety and Life Satisfaction. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 20(1), 84-104. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.4
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Guzel, S. and Maya, I. (2025). The Correlations Between Emergency and Disaster Management Students’ Unemployment Anxiety and Life Satisfaction. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 20(1), pp. 84-104.
Chicago 16th edition
Guzel, Simge and Ilknur Maya (2025). "The Correlations Between Emergency and Disaster Management Students’ Unemployment Anxiety and Life Satisfaction". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 20 (1):84-104. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.4
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