Investigation of Happiness Levels of Individuals Actively Exercising for Recreational Purposes during the COVID-19 Outbreak

This study aims to determine the opinions of individuals who actively engage in sports for recreational purposes during the Covid-19 outbreak and to examine whether the participants' opinions differ in terms of some demographic variables. The research is a quantitative study conducted in a descriptive survey model. In this study, data were collected in 2020. The sample of the study consists of 243 participants who actively engage in recreational sports in their leisure time in archery, orienteering, football and other branches in Kahramanmaraş. The data of the research were analysed using a statistical software program. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were determined for data analysis, while t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tests were used to determine the differentiation of scores obtained for variables. Scheffe and LSD tests were used to determine the source of the difference in groups with a significant difference in the F value.As a result of the research, it was observed that the happiness level scores of the participants were in the moderate-level score range. It was concluded that there was no significant difference in the scores of the participants regarding their happiness levels in terms of gender and sports year variables, whereas there were significant differences in terms of branch and age variables.