The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Psychological Resilience Among Mentor Teachers in the Internship Network Schools of the Faculty of Education, Phuket Rajabhat University
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The objectives of this research were to investigate the predictive relationship of physical activity (PA) on psychological resilience (PR), after controlling for covariates (gender, age, educational level, teaching experience, and instructional level) and to compare the differences in PR across PA levels (low, moderate, and high), after controlling for covariates (age and teaching experience). The sample consisted of 178 mentor teachers from schools in the internship network of the Faculty of Education, Phuket Rajabhat University. Research instruments included the Thai version of the International PA Questionnaire Short Form and the standardized Resilience Quotient. Inferential statistical analyses included hierarchical multiple linear regression and analysis of covariance. The research findings indicated that, after controlling for the covariates, PA was a significant positive predictor of PR at the .01 level (b = .004, β = .472), accounting for 21% of the variance in PR (Adjusted R2 = .210, F = 6.879). Furthermore, after controlling for the covariates, PR differed significantly across all PA levels at the .05 level, with the highest PR observed in the high PA group, followed by the moderate and low PA groups.
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