Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PONTE, cilt.79, sa.9, ss.54-67, 2023 (AHCI)
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.