The Determination of the Impact Level of Life Satisfaction, Emotional Intelligence and Participating in Recreational Outdoor Sports on Ecological Perception: Turkey Case

Abstract

The aim of this research is to determine by using regression model, the impact level and direction of variables like life satisfaction, emotional intelligence, gender, marital status, monthly income, age, education, occupation and participating in recreational outdoor sports on ecological perception. Sampling group consists of Recreational Outdoor Sport participants like cyclists, mountaineers/rock climbers and hikers whose number is not determined exactly in Turkey and non-participant of any recreational outdoor sports. In this study, electronic questionnaire form which consists of demographics variables, Emotional Intelligence Scale which was used in Chan’s (2004, 2006) study and adapted into Turkish by Aslan and Ozata (2008), RNEP scale which was revised by Dunlap et al. (2000) and adapted into Turkish by Erdogan (2009) and Life Satisfaction Scale which was developed Diener, Emmons, Larsen and Griffin (1985) was used to collect the data. Electronic questionnaire form has been sent to all members of clubs which are bound to Turkish Cycling Federation (TCF) and Turkish Mountaineering Federation (TMF). As a result of this regression model, it is determined that gender, age, monthly income, education level, life satisfaction level, emotional intelligence level, participating in recreational outdoor sports like mountaineering/rock climbing, cycling and trekking have effect on one’s ecological perception

Keywords

• Ecological perception, Emotional Intelligence, Life Satisfaction, Recreational Outdoor Sports, Regression Model

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