THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ FREE TIME MANAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC SUCCES

Authors : Emrah SERDAR, Duygu Harmandar DEMİREL, Mehmet DEMİREL, Veli Ozan ÇAKIR

Pages : 72-82

Doi:10.22282/ojrs.2017.22

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Publication Date : 2017-10-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to highlight the relationship between free time management and the academic success of university students and to examine their free time management levels in terms of different variables. With this aim, a total of 267 university students 106 females, 39.7%; 161 males, 60.3% were selected through random sampling. The study was designed as a relation scanning model. The study sample consisted of the students attending at İstanbul University, Faculty of Sports Sciences. The average age of the participant students was 22.27 ± 1.34. As data collection instruments of the study, “The Free Time Management Scale” which aimed to determine free time management levels of responders and was developed by Wang et al. 2011 and adapted into Turkish by Akgül and Karaküçük 2015 was used as well as a personal information form which was prepared by the researcher. Frequency f and percentage % were applied to determine the distribution of the participants’ personal information, the Shapiro Wilks normality test was used to see if the data possessed a normal distribution, and that the data was appropriate for the parametric test conditions was revealed, independent t test and ANOVA tests were applied to describe the meaningful differences. Lastly, the Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to measure the relationship between the sub dimensions of the scale and academic success levels of the participant students. Regarding gender, male students scored more in “Goal Determination and Method” sub dimension than female students t=- 1.759; p
Keywords : Free time management, university student, academic success