The Relationship between Recreational Awareness and Satisfaction withLife: theCaseof UniversityStudents

İngilizce (OpenAlex)

Adopting the suitable sampling method, the sampling group of the study was selected on a voluntary basis out of university students who study for various faculties and departments. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 764 university students including 490 women (64.1%) and 274 men (35.9%). The Recreational Awareness Scale and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were adopted to assess the awareness of subjects about attending events as a part of the study. The results indicated a significant difference in sub-dimension of pleasure & fun of Recreational Awareness Scale based on age while there was no significant difference in terms of the length of weekly free time. The difference between subjects in scores of satisfaction with life was significantly based on their wellbeing. It was evidenced that the relationship between recreational awareness and satisfaction with life was significant in a positive way. The limitations to the study and assessments over further studies were discussed in this regard.