Serbest Zaman İlgilenimi ve Yaşam Doyumu Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi: Rekreasyonel Amaçlı Kayakçıların Perspektifleri

Abstract

In the current study, the aim is to determine the leisure involvement and life satisfaction levels of recreational skiers and to compare these factors with various demographics. The study group consists of 243 recreational skiers (Mage=32.71 ± 10.51). “Leisure Involvement Scale-LIS” and “Life Satisfaction Scale-LSS” were used to collect data. Besides the descriptive statistics, t-test, MANOVA, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analysis were used to test the hypothesis. The results indicated that “gender” and “participation in skiing event” variables do not have a statistically significant differences in terms of LSS. On the other hand, although “gender” variable does not differ in terms of LIS and its subscales, “participation in skiing event” variable has a significant difference in terms of the subscales of LIS. The significant difference was due to those who participated in skiing events "often" against those who engaged in skiing events "sometimes" and "rarely." In addition, there is a statistically significant positive and low-level correlation between the total mean scores of LSS and the subscales of LIS. As a conclusion, it can be said that as the frequency of participation in the recreational skiing increases, leisure involvement and life satisfaction levels of the participants will increase.