Comparison of recreational awareness levels and life satisfaction of public teachers

The aim of this research is to reveal the relationship between the recreational awareness levels of teachers working in the public sector and their life satisfaction and related variables. The sample group of the study consisted of 507 teachers who voluntarily participated in the research. Personal information form, recreation awareness scale and life satisfaction scale were used to obtain the research data. In the analysis of the data, Independent Sample T-Test was used in paired comparisons, One-Way Analysis of Variance was used in the comparison of groups of three or more, and Pearson Correlation test was used to determine the relationship between two variables. Test results; There is a significant difference in the recreation awareness levels of the teachers in terms of gender, professional year, perceived welfare level and branch variables (p<0.05), while there is a significant difference in the level of life satisfaction in terms of doing sports, daily leisure time, age and perceived welfare level variables. showed that (p<0.05). In addition, it was observed that there was a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and recreation awareness levels (p<0,05). As a result, it is thought that with the increase in teachers' awareness of recreational activities, their life satisfaction increases and recreation provides positive contributions in physical, psychological and social terms. Considering the high life satisfaction of teachers who do sports in our study, it can be argued that recreation, which can be defined as activities that people voluntarily participate in in their spare time, enjoy and provide significant benefits to the participants physically, socially and psychologically, is necessary for lifelong well-being in people.