Investigation of recreational benefit perception and happiness levels of university students (Firat University example)

The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between some demographic variables and recreational benefit perception and happiness levels of students studying at Fırat University. The population of the research consisted of students studying at Fırat University in Elazığ Province and was delivered to 1100 students. Licensed SPSS 22 analysis program was used to analyze the data. Since the data exhibited normal distribution, independent sample t test was performed for variables with two groups, and one way anova test was performed for variables with more than two groups. As a result of the one way anova test, Tukey test was used to identify the groups where there was a difference. In conclusion; Gender, employment and monthly income status have no effect on the recreational benefit perception and happiness levels of university students, students who spend time to participate in recreational activities have high recreational benefit perception levels, but spending time does not affect the students' happiness levels, happy and recreational benefit perception is high. It has been determined that it is easier for students with high level of recreation benefit to realize their abilities, there is a significant positive relationship between the perception of recreation benefit and the level of happiness, therefore students with a high level of perception of recreation benefit are happier, and the perception of recreational benefit affects happiness positively. In the study, the error level was taken as p<0,05. Keywords: Recreation, Recreational Benefit Perception, Happiness Level