Analyzing The Opinions of University Students on Meaning of Leisure and Their Level of Perceived Freedom
2. İnternational Conference on Tourism: Theory, Current Issues and Research, İstanbul, Turkey, 4 - 06 November 2016, pp.39, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- City: İstanbul
- Country: Turkey
- Page Numbers: pp.39
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the leisure perception and level of perceived freedom of the university students according to the different variables. 250 university students in total, 174 (69,0%) of whom are "Males" and 78 (31,0%) of whom are "Females" selected by random sampling, have voluntarily attended the research in line with such purpose. Survey model has been used in the study. The sample of the study consists of students studying at Istanbul University Faculty of Sports Sciences. In order to identify the leisure perceptions of the participants "A Meaning of Leisure Scale", which has been developed by Esteve et al. (1999) and adopted into Turkish by Gürbüz et al. (2007); and in order to identify the level of perceived freedom of the participants "Perceived Freedom in Leisure Scale”, which has been developed by Witt and Ellis (2005) and adopted into Turkish by Yerlisu Lapa and Ağyar (2011) have been used along with the personal information form prepared by the researcher as a data collection tool in the research. Percent (%) and frequency methods have been utilized to identify the distribution of the personal information of the participants, and Shapiro Wilks normality test has been applied to identify whether the data had normal distribution, and MannWhitney U and Kruskall Wallis tests have been applied to determine the significant differences after it has been determined that the data were suitable to the nonparametric test conditions. While no significant difference has been found in the sub-dimensions of the perceived freedom in leisure scale (p>0.05), female participants had a higher score than the male participants in the sub-dimensions "active-passive participation" and "goal orientation" of the meaning of leisure time according to the gender variable. 2nd International Conference on Tourism: Theory, Current Issues and Research November 04-06, 2016, Istanbul-TURKEY 40 While there is a significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the perceived freedom in leisure scale (p<0.05), no significant difference has been found in the subdimensions of the meaning of leisure time scale (p>0.05) according to age. In conclusion, it has been identified that while leisure perception of the female participants is higher than the male participants, the level of perceived freedom in leisure increases as the age increases.
Keywords: University Students, Leisure, Level Of Perceived Freedom