The Effect of University Students' Participation İn Recreational Sports Activities on Their Life Satisfaction and the Utility of Recreational Activities
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The aim of this study is to examine the effect of university students' participation in sports activities on their life satisfaction and recreational benefit levels. Another aim of the study is to examine whether life satisfaction and recreational benefit levels vary according to some demographic characteristics. In the study, relational screening and causal comparison models were applied. Life satisfaction and recreational benefit scales were applied to the participants. The universe of the study consisted of students of Istanbul Gelişim University School of Physical Education and Sports, and the sample consisted of 441 volunteer participants selected from this universe by simple random sampling method. Recreational benefit scale and life satisfaction scale were used as data collection tools in the study. The analyzes of the study were defined in SPSS 25.0 package program system and the relevant analyzes were performed using this program. Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman Correlation analysis were applied as statistical analysis. As a result, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the sub-range of recreational benefit and reproductive benefit in the gender variable. In the age variable, the differences observed in the psychological benefit sub-systems in the 21-23 age range and 30 and above age range and in the 18-20 age range and 21-23 age range are permanently significant.
Conclusion: A weak negative correlation was found between life satisfaction and recreational benefit level.Keywords: Benefit, Life satisfaction, Recreation.
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