Abstract:

Comparing the obstacles to participation in physical activities involving recreational activities of university students formed the objective of this study. The study was conducted with a total of 693 students (women=287, men=406) studying at Karabük University in the 2018-2019 semester. The participation obstacles to physical activities of participants were determined by the "Participation Scale in Recreation Activities" consisting of 28 items and 7 subdimensions. The study applied internal consistency analysis for the availability of the scale and the Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.868-0.704 for the 7 sub-dimensions and 0.817 for the entire scale. The demographic information of the participants was measured by identification and percentage frequency analysis. For statistical analyses, a normality test was applied and the data was observed to be normally distributed. As a result of the normal dissemination of data, the independent sample t-test was applied in the comparison of two different groups, and in the comparison of more than two groups the parametric one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) was applied. During the ANOVA test, the homogenity test was also performed. The post-hoc TUKEY test was carried out due to the homogeneous dispersion of variants to determine which groups/groups are the differences resulting from the ANOVA test. According to the research findings, a significant difference was found in the status of fields between faculty students and high school students and in the economic subdimensions at the level p<0.05 in favour of high school students. On the basis of gender, the status of the students in favour of male students was found to be significant at p<0.05 levels. and 3. The students are 1.2 and 4. Between classmates the physical characteristics and field status points they obtain from the lower dimensions were compared with meaningfulness (p<0,05) . As a result, it is seen that all subdimensions are influenced by the obstacles to the participation of students in recreational physical activities. But especially the state of the fields of the faculty students and economic reasons, the state of the fields of men and 3. The classmates were explained that the physical characteristics and the lack of conditions of the fields were more obstacles to their participation in the activities.

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