Examination of physical education teachers' leisure time satisfied and social commitment levels

It is aimed to examine the the leisure time satisfaction and social engagement levels of physical education teachers working in the public sector in Çorum in 2023. A full census sampling model was applied in the research and 277 teachers, 71 female and 206 male, were reached. While the personal information form created by the researcher was used to obtain personal data, Leisure Time Satisfaction Scale and Social Connectedness Scale were used. In addition to descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage analysis of the data, mean and standard deviation analyzes were used to determine the participants' levels of the scales used. In the study, Pearson Correlation analysis was used to examine the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable, and regression analysis was used to examine the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. To determine the difference between two groups, independent samples t test and one-way ANOVA test were applied for more than two groups. When the data obtained was analyzed, a low level negative relationship was detected between the Leisure Time Satisfaction and Social Connectedness levels of physical education teachers (r=-0.199; p=0.001<0.05) and it was determined that the Leisure Time Satisfaction level had an effect on Social Connectedness (R2= 0.040). In the sub-dimensions of physical education teachers' leisure time satisfaction scale; while it was determined that there was a significant difference in the educational, social and physical sub-dimensions according to the age variable, in the relaxation sub-dimension according to the marital status variable, in the educational and social sub-dimensions during the period of service, and in the social sub-dimension in the answers given to the question of people who enjoy spending their free time (p < 0.05). It was determined that there was a significant difference in the type of activity performed in all sub-dimensions (p <0.05). When the social engagement levels of physical education teachers were examined, it was determined that there was a significant difference only in the answers given to the question of people with whom one enjoys spending free time (p<0.05). As a result of the Scheffe test, it was determined that the differentiation was between teachers who wanted to spend their free time alone and those who enjoyed spending it with their family and friends.