Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of adult individuals of free time and to find out whether the meaning charged to their free time activities differs or not according to certain independent variables (gender, civil status, participation in activities). The study group consisted of 336 women and 227 male adults who participated in recreational activities selected by the easy sampling method. As a data collection tool in the research, the Turkish adaptation was used by Gürbüz, Özdemir and Karaküçük (2007) "The Meaning of Free Time Measure-BZAÖ". The data was analyzed using visual statistical methods, single-factor MANOVA, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation tests. According to the findings obtained from the study, the highest score average for the participants was in the size of "Business Relationship" and the lowest score average in the bottom of "Target Orientation". The research also found that the scores that participants obtained from the "Work Time Meaning Scale" significantly vary according to the variables of gender, civil status and activity programming; there were also significant relationships between the variables of education and income status and the variables of education and income status.

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