Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking

The purpose in this study was to examine differences between risky sport participants and nonparticipants using the Big Five (McCrae & Costa, 1997) personality traits. The sample included 328 individuals ranging in age from 18 to 53 (M = 23.42 and SD = 3.98). The Five Factor Personality Inventory developed by Somer, K…

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Recreational Exercise Motives of Adolescents and Young Adults This study examined the motives for taking part in recreational exercise/sporting activities based on a sample of Turkish young people. Secondly, gender and age group differences with motivational dimensions were investigated. A total of 298 members of 6 Yo…

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of leisure benefit on leisure satisfaction in extreme sports athletes. In order to determine the leisure satisfaction level of participants, Leisure Satisfaction Scale developed by Beard and Ragheb (1980) and adapted to Turkish by Gökçe and Orhan (2011) was used. L…

• CİHAN AYHAN
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• YASİN YILDIZ

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of leisure benefit on leisure satisfaction in extreme sports athletes. In order to determine the leisure satisfaction level of participants, Leisure Satisfaction Scale developed by Beard and Ragheb (1980) and adapted to Turkish by Gökçe and Orhan (2011) was used. L…

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Various studies highlight the importance of discourses in consumer culture, yet fewer explore the historical development of these phenomena. This paper examines a long-view of the meanings and uses of primitive discourse in consumer culture. An investigation of the changing representation of indigenous Hawaiian surfin…

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The purpose of the study was to evaluate age and gender differences in physical self-concept of Turkish university students. The Physical Self-Perception Profile was administered to participants for assessing physical self-concept. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed a significant main effect for gender, but no…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine an orthorexia nervosa scale score for and evaluate orthorexic tendency among students of nutrition and dietetics according to various sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out in May and June of 2016 among 208 students in the…

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Introduction: Scuba diving is an important marine tourism sector, but requires proper safety standards to reduce the risks and increase accessibility to its market. To achieve safety goals, safety awareness and positive safety attitudes in recreational scuba diving operations are essential. However, there is no publis…

Although individuals' life satisfaction have been studied in a tourism setting, there has been limited research suggesting the flow experience as a predictor of life satisfaction. Studies investigating the antecedents of flow experience in an adventure setting are also scarce. Therefore, this study was aimed to explor…

Bu çalışmanın amacı, doğada yapılan sportif etkinliklerde ekolojik çevre açısından karşılaşılan yanlış uygulamaları sürdürülebilirlik yaklaşımı açısından değerlendirmektedir. Çalışma amacına ulaşabilmek için, kapsam ve yöntem açısından durum analiziyle betimsel tarama yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Doğada yapılan spor etkinl…

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BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease that causes weakening of the bones which increases the risk of fractures. Especially hip fractures lead to substantial physical, psychological, social and economic burden both for the patients and the governments. Exercises and physically active life style are es…

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