The determination of constraints associated with the university tudents’ participation in recreational activities (A sample of selcuk university)

This research was done to investigate why the students of Selcuk University did not join in recreational activities in their leisure time and which factors prevented them from participating in these ones. Totally 448 students including 190 females and 258 males who studied in the academic year 2013-2014, participated in this research. In determination of constraints associated with the students’ participation in recreational activities, “The Leisure Constraints Scale” developed by Alexandris and Carroll (1997), adapted into Turkish by Karaküçük and Gürbüz (2007) and newly tested on the factor structure with the confirmatory factor analysis by Gürbüz et al. (2012) was used as a data collection tool. Data were statistically analyzed, any changes in leisure time perceptions were determined in the independent groups with T-test (Independent-Samples T test) and One Way Analysis of Variance (Anova). Tukey test was also used to analyze the differences between the groups. As a result of the study, significant differences were found in the students’ leisure time perceptions, ages, genders, income levels, sportive capabilities and education classes.