The Relationship Between Quality of Life and Attitudes Toward Barriers in the Leisure Time of Physical Education Students of Adıyaman University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life and attitudes toward barriers to leisure time in Adiyaman University of Physical Education in Turkey. The study also examined the differences in quality of life and attitudes toward barriers to the leisure time of Adiyaman University students in Turkey. A standard questionnaire (ÜNİVERSİTE YAŞAM KALİTESİ ÖLÇEĞİ) was used to measure the quality of life students. The standard questionnaire (BOŞ ZAMAN ENGELLERİ ÖLÇEĞİ) was used to measure the attitude to the barriers to leisure time of students. Reliability of the questionnaires was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha test, the quality of life questionnaire of students was 0.82 and the leisure barrier questionnaire was 0.79. The questionnaires were distributed among the statistical sample (181 students of Adiyaman University of Physical Education in Turkey). The results showed that there is a significant negative relationship between quality of life and attitudes towards the obstacles in leisure time of the Adiyaman University of Physical Education students in Turkey. The correlation coefficient between two variables was 0.63. Also, there was a significant difference in the quality of life and attitudes toward barriers to leisure time among Adiyaman Universidad students in Turkey. Male students had a higher quality of life, and female students had more obstacles in spending their leisure time.