Abstract:

The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between enjoying physical activity, intention to participate again and happiness levels of university students who participate in campus recreation for recreational purposes. The research group consists of 737 (477 male and 260 female) volunteer students participating in Bartın University tournaments in the 2022-2023 academic year. Relational scanning model, one of the general scanning models, was used in the research. Personal information form prepared by the researchers, " Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale: PAES", " Event Satisfaction Scale: ESS" and " Oxford Happiness Questionnaire short form: OHQ-SF" were used as data collection tools. SPSS 26.0 package program was used in the analysis of the data. In addition, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-Test, oneway ANOVA and Pearson Correlation analyzes were used. In the findings of the study, there was a significant difference between PAES and in the t-Test results according to the gender variable of the participants (p<0.05), while no statistically significant difference was found between ESS and OHQ-SF (p>0.05). On the other hand, while a significant difference was found between PAES and in the results of the ANOVA test performed according to the class level variable of the participants, no significant difference was found between ESS and OHQ-SF (p>0.05). In addition, as a result of the correlation analysis between PAES, ESS, and OHQ-SF, a positive significant relationship was found (p<0,01). As a result, it can be said that university students' enjoyment of physical activity directly affects their activity satisfaction and happiness levels.

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