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The aim of this study is to investigate the level of leisure time management of individuals who use park and recreation areas of the Municipality in the center of the city of Elazığ. The population of the study consists of male and female individuals who visit those places while the sample of the study contains 110 males and 74 females, who were chosen by the random sampling method. In the data collection, the Leisure Time Management Scale, which was developed by Wei-Ching Wang, Chin-Hsung Kao, Tzung-Cheng Huan, Chung-Chi Wu (2011) and later adapted into Turkish by Beyza Merve Akgül Suat Karaküçük (2015). The scale consists of 5 subscales. The first section of the scale covers the demographic information with 5 matters while the second section includes goal setting and technique with 5 matters followed by the third section’s with 3 matters of evaluation and the fourth section’s free time attitude with 3 matters, ending with the fifth section’s 3 matters aimed at scheduling. The validity and the reliability studies of the scale were conducted by Beyza Merve Akgül Suat Karaküçük, and the Cronbach Alpha coefficient value was determined to be 0.83 as well as the test-retest reliability of 0.86. In the data evaluation and determining the calculated values, SPSS 24 package software was used. For the interpretation of the data, the independent samples t-test for two sample comparisons and one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) for multiple sample comparisons were conducted, yielding the results presented in the tables. The level of significance for revealing whether a difference existed between the groups was determined to be p<0.05. In conclusion, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the subscales of the scale and the gender variable of the individuals who used park and recreational areas while significant differences were determined between the subscales of the scale and each of the variables of level of income, amount of leisure time and difficulty in making use of their spare time. These differences revealed that the out of the individuals who use these areas, the ones with sufficient amount of time were more effective at making use of their spare time while the ones with high and moderate levels of income did not have the necessary scheduling for their spare time, and the participants who sometimes or never have difficulties in making use of their spare times determined what they could do in their spare time within a schedule.

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