Loneliness and Social Health: A Study in Individuals Participating in Recreational Activities

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between loneliness level and social health in individuals participating in recreational activities. The research group consisted of 300 people who participated in the study by random sampling method on the basis of volunteerism. Personal Information Form, Loneliness Scale and Recreational Social Health Scale were used as data collection tools. All analyses were performed using the SPSS 22 package program, taking into account the significance level of "p<.05". According to the findings obtained, it was determined that the study group did not have any participants with poor social health and the loneliness levels of the participants were concentrated in the medium and not lonely class. In the dimensions of time, communication, happiness/satisfaction and social health, it is seen that the scores of men are higher than women. There was a significant difference between the scores obtained in time and social relationship dimensions in terms of age and weekly leisure time variables. In terms of the time of participating in recreational activities, it was found that there was a significant difference in the dimensions of social and emotional loneliness and time, social health and loneliness. On the other hand, it was determined that loneliness and social health had an inverse relationship. As a result, it can be said that women feel more lonely and have lower levels of social health compared to men and that time spent participating in recreational activities may have positive effects on loneliness and social health.

Keywords

• Recreation
• loneliness
• social health

Yalnızlık ve Sosyal Sağlık: Rekreatif Etkinliklere Katılan Bireylerde Bir Çalışma

Öz

Bu araştırmada rekreatif etkinliklere katılan bireylerde yalnızlık düzeyinin sosyal sağlık ile ilişkisinin incelemesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma grubunu gönüllük esasına dayalı olarak rastgele örneklem yöntemi ile çalışmaya katılan 300 kişi oluşturmuştur. Veri toplama aracı olarak katılımcıların demografik bilgilerini belirlemek için Kişisel Bilgi Formu, yalnızlık düzeylerini ölçmek için Yalnızlık Ölçeği ve Rekreasyonel Sosyal Sağlık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Yapılan tüm analizler “p<.05” anlamlılık düzeyi dikkate alınarak SPSS 22 paket programı aracılığıyla yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara çalışma grubunun sosyal sağlık düzeyi iyi olmayan katılımcısı bulunmadığı ve katılımcıların yalnızlık düzeylerinin orta ve yalnız değil sınıfında yoğunlaştığı belirlenmiştir. Zaman, iletişim, mutluluk/huzur ve sosyal sağlık boyutlarında erkeklerin puanlarının kadınlara göre yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Yaş ve haftalık boş zaman değişkenleri açısından zaman ve sosyal ilişki boyutlarında elde edilen puanlar arasında anlamlı bir farklılık tespit edilmiştir. Rekreatif etkinliklere katılma zamanı açısından da sosyal ve duygusal yalnızlık ile zaman, sosyal sağlık ve yalnızlık boyutlarında anlamlı farklılaşma olduğu saptanmıştır. Öte yandan yalnızlık ile sosyal sağlığın ters yönlü bir ilişki içinde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak kadınların erkeklere kıyasla daha yalnız hissettikleri ile daha düşük sosyal sağlık düzeyine sahip oldukları ve rekreatif etkinliklere katılma zamanının yalnızlık ile sosyal sağlık üzerinde olumlu etkileri olabileceği söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Rekreasyon
• yalnızlık
• sosyal sağlık

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