An Examination of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Leisure Activities

Authors : Sabri KAYA

Pages : 46-60

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Publication Date : 2015-09-08

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The aim of this study was to examine the university students’ attitudes towards leisure activities and to compare the participants` attitudes levels according to different variables. In total, 261 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(nfemale=147; age=21.20±2.21, nmale=114; age=22.31±2.80); university students that study in different universities in the Central Anatolia participated in the study. “Leisure Attitudes Scale” insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAS); developed by Ragheb and Beard insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1982); and adapted to Turkish by Akgül and Gürbüz insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2010); was used in the study. The attitudes of the participants towards the leisure time activities are evaluated by the Likert type scale over 5. LAS is made up of 36 articles and 3 sub-dimensions such as cognitive insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12);, affective insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12);, and behavioral insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12);. In order to determine whether the attitude scores of the participants vary depending on the independent variables, t-test and MANOVA were used for independent groups in the analysis of the data. In the light of the findings of the study significant differences were detected in the attitude scores of the participants according to their sex and ages insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<.05);.  The scores of attitudes of the women and the participants between ages 18-22 are more on the positive side towards the leisure activities compared to the rest of the participants. Moreover, according to the results of the analysis, the attitudes of the individuals who take part in the physical activities are more positive than the one who do not. Overall, highest attitude scores of the participants towards leisure activities are on the cognitive aspect.
Keywords : Leisure, attitude, university students