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The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that may prevent the children living with their families and being protected by the state from participating in recreational activities according to some variables. For this purpose, “Leisure Barriers Scale developed by Gürbüz and Karaküçük 2007 was used. A total of 280 students, who were living with their families and staying at the Directorate of Children's Houses Coordination Center and Children's Houses Site, participated in the study voluntarily. Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient calculated to test the reliability of the scale is in 6 sub-dimensions found ,87. As a result of the analyzes, a significant difference was found in the time and interest and information deficiency subscales of the leisure time scale of children under protection and care. It was determined that this difference was due to children living in the family. According to the age variable, it is between 14 and 16, 14-17, 15-16 years in the lack of time and interest sub-dimension, between 14 and 16, 14 and 17 years in the individual psychology subdimension, 14 and 15, 14 and 17 years in the lack of information sub-dimension. There was a statistically significant difference between the ages of 14 and 17 in p 0.05 . As a result, it was concluded that the children who are under the protection and care of the participants participate in more recreational activities, and the participation in recreational activities increases with increasing age levels.

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