Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between leisure satisfaction and adjustment to university life among students. The study included students studying at Akdeniz University Central Campus in Antalya. The sample group consisted of 111 male (mean age=21.982±2.753) and 139 female (mean age=21.640±4.462) students who participated voluntarily. Convenience sampling technique was used to reach the sample. The Leisure Time Satisfaction Scale developed by Jacob G. Beard and Mounir G. Ragheb in 1980 and adapted to Turkish culture by Gökçe and Orhan in 2011, the University Adjustment Scale developed by Tuhanioğlu in 2017, and the personal information form prepared by the researcher were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed with IBM SPSS 23 program. As a result of the analysis, two significant canonical correlations were obtained and the significant contributions of the variables to these canonical functions are at .45 significance level. The results showed that as psychological, educational, social, physical and aesthetic satisfaction in the leisure satisfaction dataset increased, students' institutional and personal-emotional adjustment to the university also increased. In addition, it was determined that as relaxation, aesthetic, educational, physical and psychological satisfaction in the leisure satisfaction data set increased, students' social adjustment also increased. According to the findings of the study, it is recommended that universities should increase leisure time activities and improve physical conditions to ensure students' adaptation to the university.
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