Investigation of Attitudes towards Leisure Satisfaction of Individuals Attending Fitness Centers

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: Special Issue 1- Healthy Life, Sports for Disabled people, 380 - 391, 25.10.2023

Atakan Aksu , Gürkan Tanoğlu

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.1358789

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of individuals attending fitness centers in Muş province towards leisure satisfaction in terms of some variables. The research is a mixed design research in which both quantitative and qualitative data are collected together. The margin of error was accepted as 0.05. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods (percentage/frequency) as well as Mann Whitney-U Test and Kruskal Wallis-H tests. Furthermore, the Mann Whitney-U Test was used to determine between which groups the significant difference arose from the results obtained from the Kruskal Wallis-H Test. While the population of the research consists of individuals who attend fitness centers in Muş province in Turkey, the sample group consists of 227 people who voluntarily participated in our study and were selected by the random sampling method. Accordingly, it is determined that the scores of the physiological and psychological subscales of the leisure satisfaction scale demonstrate a statistically significant difference according to the employment status variable (p<0.05) but the scores of the recreational, social, educational, and aesthetic subscales do not create a statistically significant difference according to the employment status variable(p<0.05). Based on the results of the study, it was determined that there was no significant difference in terms of the age, gender, educational status, and leisure duration variables of the participants, while the scores of physiological and psychological subscales created a statistically significant difference in terms of the employment status variable. In conclusion, it is important to conduct these and similar studies on a regional or national scale in terms of determining the attitude towards fitness centers.

Keywords

Fitness, Recreation, Satisfaction, Attitude

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