THE MEANING OF LEISURE AND LIFE SATISFACTION FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE IN ADULTS

Ponte Academic JournalSep 2023, Volume 79, Issue 9 THE MEANING OF LEISURE AND LIFE SATISFACTION FOR HEALTH MAINTENANCE IN ADULTSAuthor(s): Mehmet Demirel ,Mustafa Can Koc, Duygu Harmandar Demirel, Emrah SerdarJ. Ponte - Sep 2023 - Volume 79 - Issue 9 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2023.9.4 Abstract:The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the meaning of leisure for health maintenance and life satisfaction in adults. The study consists of 361 adult individuals residing in Istanbul province who were determined by convenience sampling method. In addition to "Personal Information Form" (gender, age, marital status), "Meaning of Leisure Scale" and Life Satisfaction Scale were utilized as data collection tools. In the study, parametric analyzes were utilized as a result of skewness and kurtosis values T-test and Anova. The LSD test was employed as a post-hoc analysis to determine the difference between the groups. Pearson Correlation Analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between leisure meaning and life satisfaction. In the light of the findings, significant differences were observed in the life satisfaction scale according to gender variables. However, no significant difference was encountered in the life satisfaction scale according to age and marital status variables. In the leisure meaning scale, significant differences were encountered in the sub-dimensions of leisure utilization, perceived freedom, goal orientation and work relationship according to gender variables, but not in other sub-dimensions. According to the age variable, a significant difference was detected in the perceived competence, goal orientation and work relationship sub-dimensions of the leisure meaning scale, but no significant difference was detected in other sub-dimensions. According to the marital status variable, no significant difference was detected in the meaning of leisure scale. It was determined that there was a positive and weakly significant relationship between the sub-dimensions of the meaning of leisure scale and the life satisfaction scale. As a result, it can be stated that there is a positive relationship between the meaning of leisure and life satisfaction. It can be explained that life satisfaction can be positively affected by the activities that individuals will participate in by adopting the meaning of leisure, taking into account the importance and value of leisure, and that it is also significant for the maintenance of health. Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password