Investigation of Adults' Levels of Devotion to Nature: An 8-Week Randomized Controlled Study

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2, 441 - 453, 31.12.2022

Hakan Yapıcı , Mehmet Gülü

https://doi.org/10.25307/jssr.1180360

Öz

This study aimed to determine the level of devotion of the students who take the outdoor sports training to nature. It is a quantitative study, including a total of 220 students, 130 boys, and 90 girls, who took elective and compulsory outdoor sports training at Kırıkkale University in the 2021-2022 academic year. The scale used in the research was developed by Mayer and Frantz (2004) and adapted to Turkish by Bektaş et al. (2017). While collecting the data, pre-test and post-test data regarding the students' age, gender, and anthropometric characteristics (height, body weight, body fat) were taken. Analysis results found significant differences between male and female students and the control group in both dimensions of the scale; In general, it was observed that the students who took the training the outdoor sport training had higher levels of devotion to nature. The main finding of this research is that outdoor sports training is very effective in increasing the devotion to nature. Outdoor sports training should be given to increase adults' devotion to nature.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Devotion to nature, Environment, Student, Outdoor sports

Destekleyen Kurum

Yok

Proje Numarası

YOK

Teşekkür

We sincerely thank all participants for following all of our testing recommendations during the study.

Yetişkinlerin Doğaya Bağlılık Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi: 8 Haftalık Randomize Kontrollü Araştırma

Öz

Çalışmanın amacı, Doğa Sporları dersi alan öğrencilerin doğaya bağlılık düzeylerini tespit etmektir. Çalışma, nicel bir araştırma olup 2021-2022 eğitim-öğretim yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi’nde öğrenim gören seçmeli ve zorunlu doğa sporları dersi alan 130 erkek ile 90 kız toplam 220 öğrenci katılmıştır. Araştırmada kullanılan ölçek, Mayer ve Frantz (2004) tarafından geliştirilmiş ve Türkçe ‘ye Bektaş, Kural ve Orçan (2017) tarafından uyarlanmıştır. Veriler toplanırken öğrencilerin yaş, cinsiyet ve antropometrik özelliklerine (Boy uzunluğu, vücut ağırlığı, vücut yağ) ait ön test ve son test veriler alınmıştır. Analiz sonuçları, ölçeğin her iki boyutunda erkek ve kız öğrenciler ile kontrol grubu arasında anlamlı farklılıklar bulmuştur; genel olarak, doğa sporları dersine katılan öğrencilerin doğaya bağlılık düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu görülmüştür. Çalışma, öğrencilerin doğaya bağlılıklarını ortaya çıkarmak için istatistikleri kullanan bir çalışmadır. Bu araştırmanın ana bulgusu doğa sporları eğitimi doğaya bağlılığı artırmak için oldukça etkilidir. Yetişkinlerin doğaya bağlılıklarını artırmak için doğa sporları eğitimi verilmelidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Doğaya bağlılık, çevre, öğrenci, Doğa sporları, Devotion to nature, Environment, Student, Outdoor sports

Proje Numarası

YOK

Kaynakça

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