Fiziksel Aktivitelerden Keyif Alma ve Sportif Yaşam Doyumu: Sporda Tutkunun Aracı Rolü

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, fiziksel aktivitelerden keyif almanın sportif yaşam doyumu üzerindeki etkisini incelerken, sporda tutkunun bu ilişki üzerindeki aracı rolünü ortaya koymaktır. Çalışma, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılarak tasarlanmış olup, çalışma grubu olarak 361 spor bilimleri fakültesi öğrencisi (241 erkek, 120 kadın) araştırmaya katılmıştır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Fiziksel Aktivitelerden Keyif Alma Ölçeği (FAKAÖ), Sportif Yaşam Doyumu Ölçeği (SYDÖ) ve Sporda Tutku Ölçeği (STÖ) kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinden önce uç değer, kayıp veri analizleri ile normallik testleri ve tanımlayıcı analizler yapılmıştır. Ölçüm modelinin geçerliliğini test etmek amacıyla AMOS 21 programı aracılığıyla doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) yapılmış ve ölçeklerin uyum iyiliği değerleri kontrol edilmiştir. Hipotezlerin sınanmasında ise pearson korelasyon testi ile Bootstrap yöntemi temel alınan regresyon analizleri uygulanmıştır. Ayrıca, SPSS 25 yazılımı ve Hayes (2022) tarafından geliştirilen Process Macro kullanılarak modellerin geçerliliği test edilmiştir. Araştırma bulguları, Fiziksel Aktivitelerden Keyif Alma (FAKA) ile Sportif Yaşam Doyumu (SYD) arasında, FAKA ile Sporda Tutku (ST) arasında ST ile SYD arasında pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı ilişkiler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur (Hipotez I). Bootstrap yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilen regresyon analizinde, FAKA’nın ST üzerinde anlamlı ve güçlü bir etkisi olduğu tespit edilmiştir (b = .412, p < .001). Ayrıca, modelde aracı değişken olarak sporda tutkunun eklenmesiyle, FAKA’nın SYD’yi anlamlı şekilde yordadığı (b = .101, p < .001) ve ST’nin SYD üzerinde güçlü bir etkisinin bulunduğu (b = .581, p < .001) belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, sporda tutkunun fiziksel aktivitelerden keyif alma ile sportif yaşam doyumu arasındaki ilişkiyi anlamlı şekilde güçlendirdiğini göstermektedir. Son olarak, fiziksel aktivitelerden keyif almanın sportif yaşam doyumu üzerindeki dolaylı etkisinin sporda tutku aracılığıyla anlamlı olduğu saptanmıştır (b = .239, p < .001) (Hipotez II). Bu bulgular, sporda tutkunun aracı değişken olarak önemli bir rol üstlendiğini ve sportif yaşam doyumunu artırmada fiziksel aktivitelerden keyif almanın etkisini güçlendirdiğini desteklemektedir. Araştırma sonucunda, spor bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinin fiziksel aktivitelerden aldıkları keyfin, sporda tutku ile birlikte sportif yaşam doyumunu anlamlı ve güçlü bir şekilde artırdığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu bulgu, fiziksel aktivitelere katılımın tek başına sportif yaşam doyumunu artırmada yeterli olmadığını, aynı zamanda bireylerin spora karşı güçlü bir tutku beslemelerinin de yaşam doyumunu olumlu yönde etkilediğini göstermektedir. Sporda tutku, bireylerin spora olan bağlılıklarını, motivasyonlarını ve bu alandaki içsel memnuniyetlerini artırarak, fiziksel aktivitelerden alınan keyfi pekiştirmekte ve sportif yaşam kalitesini yükseltmektedir. Dolayısıyla, sportif yaşam doyumunun artırılması için sadece fiziksel aktivitelere teşvik etmek değil, aynı zamanda bireylerin spora karşı duygusal ve psikolojik bağlarını güçlendirmenin de kritik öneme sahip olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Aracılık
• Fiziksel Aktivite
• Keyif Alma
• Sportif Yaşam Doyumu
• Tutku

Enjoyment of Physical Activities and Sportive Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Passion in Sport

Öz

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of enjoying physical activities on sport life satisfaction and to reveal the mediating role of passion in sport on this relationship. The study was designed using the relational survey model, which is one of the quantitative research methods, and 361 sport sciences faculty students (241 male, 120 female) participated in the study. Personal Information Form, Enjoyment of Physical Activities Scale (PACES), Satisfaction with Sportive Life Scale (SLSS) and Passion for Sport Scale (PSS) were used as data collection tools. Before analyzing the data, extreme value, missing data analyses, normality tests and descriptive analyses were performed. In order to test the validity of the measurement model, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted through AMOS 21 program and the goodness of fit values of the scales were checked. Pearson correlation test and regression analysis based on the Bootstrap method were applied to test the hypotheses. In addition, the validity of the models was tested using SPSS 25 software and Process Macro developed by Hayes (2022). The research findings revealed that there are positive and significant relationships between Enjoyment of Physical Activities (PACE) and Satisfaction with Sporting Life (SLS), between PACE and Passion for Sport (PS), and between PS and SLS (Hypothesis I). In the regression analysis conducted with the Bootstrap method, it was found that PACES had a significant and strong effect on PS (b = .412, p < .001). In addition, with the addition of sport passion as a mediator variable in the model, it was determined that PACE significantly predicts SLS (b = .101, p < .001) and PS has a strong effect on SLS (b = .581, p < .001). These results suggest that passion in sport significantly strengthens the relationship between enjoyment of physical activities and sport life satisfaction. Finally, the indirect effect of enjoying physical activities on sport life satisfaction was found to be significant through passion in sport (b = .239, p < .001) (Hypothesis II). These findings support that passion in sport plays an important role as a mediating variable and strengthens the effect of enjoying physical activities in increasing sport life satisfaction. As a result of the study, it was found that the enjoyment of physical activities, together with passion in sport, significantly and strongly increased sport life satisfaction of sport sciences faculty students. This finding shows that participation in physical activities alone is not sufficient to increase sport life satisfaction, but also that individuals' having a strong passion for sports positively affects life satisfaction. Passion for sport increases individuals' commitment to sport, motivation and intrinsic satisfaction in this field, reinforces the enjoyment of physical activities and improves the quality of sporting life. Therefore, it is thought that not only encouraging physical activities but also strengthening individuals' emotional and psychological attachment to sports is of critical importance for increasing sport life satisfaction.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Mediation
• Physical Activity
• Enjoyment
• Sportive Life Satisfaction
• Passion

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