Abstract:

The aim of this research is to examine the levels of free time satisfaction of individuals participating in youth center activities according to some variables. The youth of the youth center in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey constitute the universe of the research. The study group consists of 906 individuals aged between 13 and 27 who are members of 11 youth centers in this region. The internal consistency of 39 questions and six subdimensions Chronbach et al., 2008 , which were developed by Beard and Ragheb 1980 in order to determine free time satisfaction levels in the collection of research data, The Leisure Satisfaction Scale LSS was used. In the analysis of the data, the distributions of the variables according to the groups were examined, the normality of the distributions and the homogeneity of the variances were evaluated and the distributions were not parametric. For this reason, the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis-H test were used to determine whether there was any difference between the participants' free time satisfaction levels. In addition, intra-group binary comparisons of meaningful differences were made by Mann-Whitney U test. According to research findings; Participants had the highest free time satisfaction score in relaxation and the lowest score in physiological subscale. No statistically significant difference was found between age variable and free time satisfaction level. As a result, the perceived income level increases as the amount of leisure time increases, and the level of satisfaction of women who have leisure time and those who have personal ability are higher

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