EXAMINATION OF THE SERIOUS LEISURE, LEISURE SATISFACTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

Year 2016, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 23 - 38, 14.07.2016

MÜGE Akyıldız Munusturlar

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to classify types of serious leisure participants with physical disabilities, and to examine the differences among the segmented groups based on the serious leisure qualities regarding leisure satisfaction and quality of life. For this aim, questionnaires were used to collect data, and they were applied on 133 serious leisure participants with physical disabilities. A two-stage sampling method (a purposive and a snowball sampling procedures) was employed. According to the results of the cluster analysis, serious leisure participants with physical disabilities classified into three different clusters, and they were named as “devotees”, “moderate devotees”, and “core devotees”. MANOVA results revealed significant differences among the segmented groups on leisure satisfaction and psychological aspect of quality of life. Core devotees were more satisfied with their serious leisure pursuit and they reported higher levels of psychological quality of life than devotees and moderate devotees. As a conclusion, it can be claimed that as the level of participation in serious leisure increases, leisure satisfaction and psychological quality of life increase, too.

Keywords

People with Disabilities, Serious Leisure, Casual Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Quality of Life

FİZİKSEL ENGELLİ BİREYLERİN CİDDİ BOŞ ZAMAN, BOŞ ZAMAN TATMİNİ VE YAŞAM KALİTESİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı fiziksel engele sahip olan ciddi boş zaman özelliklerine bağlı olarak boş zaman tatmini ve yaşam kalitesi kapsamında gruplar arasındaki farklılıkların incelenmesidir. Bu amaç kapsamında anketler kullanılarak veriler toplanmış, ve 133 fiziksel engelli ciddi boş zaman katılımcısı çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. İki aşamalı örnekleme (amaçlı örnekleme ve kartopu örnekleme) yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yapılan kümeleme analizi sonuçlarına göre, fiziksel engelli ciddi boş zaman katılımcıları 3 farklı grupta sınıflandırılmış ve “fanatikler”, “orta düzey fanatikler” ve “gerçek fanatikler” olarak isimlendirilmiştir. MANOVA sonuçlarına göre, boş zaman tatmini ve psikolojik farklılıklar ortaya çıkmıştır. Gerçek fanatikler olarak isimlendirilen ciddi boş zaman katılımcılarının seçtikleri ciddi boş zaman etkinliğinden, fanatikler ve orta düzey fanatiklere göre daha fazla tatmin oldukları ve daha yüksek düzeyde psikolojik yaşam kalitesine sahip oldukları ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak, ciddi boş zaman katılımı arttıkça boş zaman tatmini ve psikolojik yaşam kalitesinin arttığını söylemek mümkündür

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