Level of Involvement of Fitness Participants towards Recrational Activities: the Status with Refence to Various Demographics of them
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The aim of this study was to determine the statu with reference of their various demographics
of the levels towards recreational activities of involvement of the individuals who are a
member of several fitness centers. In total, 558 voluntary participants who are members of six
separate fitness centers in Ankara (384 male and 174 female) participated to the study.
Participants’ average of age is 26.87 ± 8.734. In the study In the study, A Modified
Involvement Scale: MIS developed by Kyle and et.al. (2007) was used for data collection.
Turkish version of the scales was conducted by Gürbüz and et.al. In the analysis of data; to
determine the differences in leisure involvement and happiness level according to the
demographic characteristics of the participants. MANOVA and Person Correlation were
applied. The reliability co-efficient of study was assessed by Cronbach Alpha Co-efficient. As
to differences between groups, Tukey test was used to determine those. In the findings of the
research, a significant difference was found in results of MANOVA in the SZİÖ total score
according to “education level”, “weekly frequency of use in fitness”, “daily time spent in
fitness” (p <0.05). With respect to the results of pearson correlation made in oder to evaluate
the relationship between total scores of SZİÖ and Education Level as well as Daily frequency
of use, a low and positive relation was found between Daily Frequency and SZİÖ while a low
and negative relation was found between Education Level and SZİÖ. A result, it was
determined that the leisure involvement leve of the participants changes according to the
various demographic characteristics of them and is impressed by them
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Spor Hekimliği
Bölüm
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
22 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
22 Mart 2017
Kabul Tarihi
24 Ekim 2016
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 4 Sayı: Special Issue 3