Özet:

The aim of this study is to study the antipatic attitudes of orienting athletes towards the protection of the ecosentric (natural), antroposentric (human-centered) environment and the environment and to determine their relationship with recreation benefits. The study consisted of licensed club athletes who participated in competitions at national level and participated in 294 oryantring athletes selected by random sampling, the data developed by Thompson and Barton (1994) and the Erten (2007) adapted to the Turkish "Ecosentric, Antroposentric and Environmental Antipatic Attitude Scale" and the Akgül, Ertüzün and Karaküçük in 2018 developed the Turkish version of the "Recreation Benefit Scale". In the analysis of data, visual statistics, independent single sample test, one-way variance analysis ANOVA test, Tukey (HSD-LSD) test for group comparisons, and Pearson Correlation test were used. In this study, .84 for environmental attitude, .95 internal consistency ratio for recreational benefits was obtained. The analysis resulted in the highest average of the participants’ antroposentric attitudes towards the environment (44,19±8,87), the ecosentric attitude points were close to the average (65,30±8,24), and the antipatic attitude points remained below the average (25,69±13,66). With regard to the recreation benefit scale, participants showing the average recreation benefit score (103.35±13,78) obtained the highest benefit score physical (30.27±4,40), the lowest benefit sub-dimensional score psychological low (34.49±4,95) and the highest benefit score. In the recreation benefit scale, the participants showing the recreation benefit scale at the middle level, the highest benefit scale in the physical and the lowest benefit scale in the psychological low. In view of the findings, significant differences were found between the level of education, the income they perceive, the daily free time and the time of orientation and the ecocentric, antroposentric and antipatic attitudes towards the environment and the scale of recreation benefits, while no statistically significant differences were found between the gender variable and scales. According to the findings, the participant’s level of education from high school and six, the poorly qualified income, the highest daily leisure time than the other groups, the antipatic attitude score of the participant’s degree and higher education level and the ecocentric attitude score of the participant’s longest time doing orientation sport, the poorly qualified income, the poorly qualified psychological benefit points of the poorly qualified income points of the poorly qualified income points of the poorly qualified income points of the poorly qualified income. In addition, the pearson correlation analysis made between the ecocentric, antroposentric and antipatic attitudes and recreation benefits scales to the environment has determined a positive and medium-level relationship between the environmental attitude and recreation benefits. The research finds that training, income and orientation sports for a longer period can change the attitudes of individuals towards the environment, and that in achieving recreational benefits from a psychological point of view, income can change the level of recreation benefits.

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Özet:

The aim of this study is to investigate the antipathic attitudes of the orienteering athletes towards the protection of the ecocentric (nature centered), anthropocentric (human centered) environment and the environment, and to determine its relationship with recreation benefit. The study included 294 orienteering athletes, selected by random sampling, from licensed club athletes participating in competitions at national level, The data were obtained by “Ecocentric, Anthropocentric and Antipathic Attitude Towards Environment Scale which is developed by Thompson and Barton (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Erten (2007). And the Recreational Benefit Scale is used, which developed and  reliability studies in the Turkish version by Akgül, Ertüzün and Karaküçük (2008) In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, independent single sample test, one-way ANOVA test, Tukey (HSD-LSD) test for in-group comparisons and Pearson Correlation test were used. In this study, .84 for environmental attitude and .95 internal consistency coefficient for recreation benefit were obtained. As a result of the analyzes, the anthropocentric attitudes of the orienteering athletes had the highest average (44,19 ± 8,87), while the ecocentric attitude scores were close to the average (65,30 ± 8,24) and the antipathic attitude scores were below the average (25, 69 ± 13,66). When the recreation benefit scale is examined, participants who exhibit a moderate recreation benefit score (103.35 ± 13.78) have the highest benefit score in the physical (30.27 ± 4.40) and the lowest benefit subscale score in the psychological subscale (34,49) ± 4,95). On the recreation benefit scale, participants with moderate recreation benefit scores received the highest benefit score in the physical subscale and the lowest benefit subscale score in the psychological subscale. According to the findings, significant differences were found between the participants' educational level, perceived income level, daily leisure and orienteering time, ecosentric, anthropocentric and antipathic attitudes towards environment and recreation benefit scale, but no statistically significant difference was found between the gender variable and the scales. According to the findings, the antipathic attitude scores of the participants with lower education level, those with lower income level, those with poor income status and those with higher daily leisure compared to the other groups, the ecocentric attitude score of the participants with higher education level and those who made the orienteering sport the longest, psychological benefit subscale scores of those who described income as good were found to be higher than other groups. At the same time, according to the pearson correlation analysis between the ecocentric, anthropocentric and antipathic attitude towards the environment and recreation benefit scales, a moderate positive relationship was found between environmental attitude and recreation benefit. As a result of the research, it can be stated that education, income and orienteering sport may change the attitudes of individuals towards the environment for a longer period of time, and it can be stated that income can change the level of recreation benefit in terms of psychological benefit.