Recreational
activity is an important means of socialization, as well as providing
psychological relief in order to achieve socialization and to overcome
loneliness. Accordingly, the aim of the study is to analyze the relationship
between the perception of loneliness and socialization with recreational
activities. Another aim of this study is to analyze whether there is a
statistically significant difference between the demographic variables and the
sense of loneliness of the individuals. In this context, relations between
variables were tested using the data based on the questionnaire applied to
university students studying at state universities in Konya and the theoretical
hypotheses were tested. In addition, in the analysis of the research,
descriptive statistics, difference tests were used to determine the difference
between demographic variables and loneliness perception and correlation
analysis was used to determine the relation between loneliness variable and the
variable of socialization with recreational activities. As a result of the
analyses, it was detected that there was a positive and meaningful relationship
between loneliness perception and the variable of socialization with
recreational activities. In this respect, as mentioned in the findings, it was
determined that the individuals who have perceptions of loneliness are trying
to increase their level of socialization by participating in recreational
activities.
Subjects | Sports Medicine |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 17, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 |