2014
DOI: 10.14486/ijscs91
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Youth Center Members and According to Some Variables Levels of Leisure Satisfaction

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the leisure satisfaction levels of youth center members in Ankara, Bolu and Duzce, as well as the relationship between leisure satisfaction levels and some demographic features of the youth center members (i.e., gender, membership duration and usage frequency). The sample consisted of 371 youth center members (216 males, 155 females) from 3 different youth centers. The data were obtained by the "Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS). The results of this study indicated t… Show more

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“…In the research carried out by Olff et al (2007), it was indicated that stress level differs according to gender variable in the athletes, which contradicts the findings of this research [19]. Sonmezoglu et al (2014) found that female attendees had higher levels of leisure satisfaction when compared to the males [20]. Therefore, some findings in previous research coincide with our research, but some do not.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 92%
“…In the research carried out by Olff et al (2007), it was indicated that stress level differs according to gender variable in the athletes, which contradicts the findings of this research [19]. Sonmezoglu et al (2014) found that female attendees had higher levels of leisure satisfaction when compared to the males [20]. Therefore, some findings in previous research coincide with our research, but some do not.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 92%
“…There is no difference between the gender and perceived income variables and leisure satisfaction levels whereas in the researches conducted by Sönmezoğlu et al (2014) andShin andYou (2013) leisure satisfaction level was found higher in male's favor. In the research conducted by Demir and Demir (2006) and Shin and You (2013), leisure satisfaction level was found higher in favor of female participants.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 63%
“…Besides this result, while participants show a high level of life satisfaction (146,00 29,42), the fact that the highest arithmetic average in sub-dimensions is education status among the sub-dimensions of the scale (33,49 7,14) , and the lowest average is in aesthetical sub-dimension( 14,87 3,44) is found out. When other researchers are examined, the relaxation sub-dimension has the highest arithmetic average is observed (Ayyıldız, 2014;Sönmezoğlu et al., 2014;Yerlisu Lapa, 2013, Misra andKean, 2000).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…In this research while the leisure time boredom scores of the male participants were higher than the same scores of the female participant, difference was not observed between the satisfaction perceptions in terms of gender. In the studies of Riddick (1986); DiBona (2000) differences were not observed in relation with the gender (Sönmezoğlu et al, 2014). In the majority of the studies conducted on the free time satisfaction levels differences were not observed in terms of the gender (Ardahan and Yerlisu, 2010).…”
Section: Discussion and Resultsmentioning
confidence: 95%