How effect active participation the life satisfaction of individuals  : Aktif katılım bireylerin yaşam doyumunu nasıl etkiler?

Faik Ardahan

doi:10.14687/jhs.v18i4.6175

Authors

Faik Ardahan Akdeniz University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0293-4707

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v18i4.6175

Keywords:

Active Leisure Life, Recreation, Life Satisfaction, Aktif rekreasyonel yaşam, rekreasyon, yaşam doyumu

Abstract

The main aim of this research was to compare Life Satisfaction (LS) level of individuals who were participants of different recreational activities with individuals who were non-participant with respect to some demographics as age, gender, marital status, personal income, employment type, education level and recreational activities.

The sample of the study is composed of 4214 men and 1287 women totally 5501 individuals. Data were collected from thirteen different researches focused on recreational activities and LS. Nine of the researches were composed of active participants in Mountaineering/Rock Climbing (n=426), Bicycle Festivals (n=373), Trekking/Hiking (n=382), Hunting (n=187), Fishing (n=367), Recreational Motorcycle Users (n=947), Being Volunteer in a Non-Governmental Organisation (n=208), Singing in recreational choirs as a Chorist (n=633), Recreational bicycle users (n=682) and four of them consist of individuals never done this kind activity before. Such as Never participate in any outdoor activities (n=538), Never Hunting and Fishing (n=324), Never been as a volunteer in any non-governmental organisations (n=138), Never been in a choir as a chorist (n=296). In the analysis of data, besides the descriptive statistics, Independent Sample t-test and ANOVA test were used, thus to identify the reason of the differences LSD test were applied. All the results were analyzed at the significant level of 0.05.

Finding demonstrates that being women, married, employed, in middle aged and/or upper, in active leisure life and have higher personal income cause statistically meaningful higher LS then opposites. In addition to this, having active leisure life has positive effect on LS level of individuals. When compared with respect to each demographic variable there are statistically meaningful differences LS levels between individuals who are active participants of some recreational activities and non-participate into same activities.

As a result, it can be concluded that for having higher LS level, it is necessary to have active leisure life or active participation in any recreational activities. For this, in each level of education stage, individuals must be educated and motivated how to be an active in their leisure life, what the active life’s advantages are and the urban design and infrastructural investments must support and motivate recreational life of urbanites.

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Özet

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı; farklı rekreasyon etkinliklerine katılan bireylerin Yaşam Doyumu (YD) düzeylerini, yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, kişisel gelir, istihdam türü, eğitim seviyesi gibi bazı demografik değişkenler açısından değerlendirmek, farklı rekreasyon faaliyetlerinin YD ile ilişkisini incelemek, rekreasyonel faaliyetlere katılan ve katılmayan bireylerin YD düzeylerini karşılaştırmaktır.

Araştırmanın örneklemini 4214 erkek ve 1287 kadın toplam 5501 kişi oluşturmaktadır. Veriler rekreasyonel aktivitelere ve YD'na odaklanan on üç farklı araştırmadan toplanmıştır. Araştırmalardan dokuzu Dağcılık / Kaya Tırmanışı (n = 426), Bisiklet Şenlikleri (n = 373), Trekking / Yürüyüş (n = 382), Avcılık (n = 187), Eğlence Amaçlı Motosiklet Kullanıcıları (n = 947), Bir Sivil Toplum Kuruluşunda Gönüllü Olma (n = 208), Korolarda Korist olarak şarkı söyleme (n = 633), Eğlence amaçlı bisiklet kullanıcıları (n = 682) ve Balıkçılık (n = 367) gibi aktivitelere aktif katılımcılardan ve dördü de daha önce hiç bu tür faaliyetler yapmamış olanlardan seçilmiştir. Bunlar; herhangi bir açık alan etkinliğine katılmamış (n = 538), avcılık ve balıkçılık yapmamış (n = 324), hiçbir sivil toplum kuruluşunda gönüllü olmamış (n = 138), hiçbir koroda görev almamış ( n = 296) bireylerdir.

Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistiklerin yanı sıra Independent Sample t-testi ve ANOVA testi kullanılarak farklılıkların nedenini belirlemek için LSD testi uygulanmıştır. Tüm sonuçlar 0.05 anlamlılık düzeyinde analiz edilmiştir.

Sonuç olarak, daha yüksek YD seviyesine sahip olmak için, bireylerin aktif serbest zaman hayatına sahip olması veya herhangi bir rekreasyonel aktiviteye aktif katılımının gerekli olduğu sonucuna varılabilir. Bunun için, eğitimin her aşamasında bireyler serbest yaşamlarında nasıl aktif olacakları konusunda eğitilmeli ve motive edilmelidir. Aktif yaşamın avantajlarının neler olduğu hakkında farkındalık çalışmaları yapılmalı, kentsel tasarım ve altyapı yatırımları açısından kentlerde yaşayanların rekreasyonel yaşamları desteklemeli ve kişiler motive edilmelidir.

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Author Biography

Faik Ardahan, Akdeniz University

Prof. Dr., Akdeniz University, Physical Education and Sport School, Recreation Department

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