Investigation of the relationship between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction levels of ındividuals participating in physical activity education programs in civil society organizations
Hayri Akyüz and İsmail AydınAfrican Educational Research Journal
Published: October 26 2020
Volume 8, Special Issue 2
Pages S211-S219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.8S2.20.049
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine relationship between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction levels of individuals participating in physical activity education programs in Civil Society Organizations and to determine the differentiation status of leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction in terms of demographic variables. In the research, “Descriptive (Figurative) and Relational Search Model” was used. The research group consists of participating in physical activity education programs in Civil Society Organizations “selected by simple random sampling method” 280 (75 male, 205 female) people in Turkey in March and April in 2020. As a data collection tool, created by the researchers “Personal Information Form”, “The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)” and “Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS)” were used. The data were analyzed in SPSS 23.0 program. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation for demographic variables, T-test and ANOVA for differentiation status, Correlation test for relationship status were used. In addition, Tukey test was used to describe the differences between groups. The level of significance was evaluated as p < 0.05 in the analysis for the research. The significance level was taken into account in the correlation test results (p < 0.01). In the research findings, it was determined that the life satisfaction levels of the participants differed significantly in favor of the female participants. It was found that the leisure satisfaction levels of the participants differed in terms of educational status and perceived leisure time variables. In addition, a low level positive significant relationship was found between life satisfaction and leisure satisfaction levels. As a result, it was found that some demographic variables differ in terms of life satisfaction and leisure satisfaction of the participants and as the leisure satisfaction levels of the participants increased, their life satisfaction levels also increased.
Keywords: Physical activity education, leisure satisfaction, life satisfaction, civil society organization.
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