The purpose of this study is to analyse the happiness and life satisfaction levels of university students by various factors and to reveal the relationship between those two terms. The sample group of the study is composed of Necmettin Erbakan University Physical Education and Sports Teacher Department and Pamukkale University Sports Sciences Faculty students, who are 801 in number, 394 of them male and 407 of them female, and with an average age of 23.58±2.98. In the study the “Life Satisfaction Scale,” which has been developed by Diener et al. (1985) and adapted to Turkish by Durak et al. (2010), and the “Oxford Happiness Scale Short Version,” which has been developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted to Turkish by Doğan and Akıncı Çötok (2010), has been used. To determine the personal information distribution of participants percentage and frequency methods, and to determine whether the data has normal distribution or not Shapir Wilks normalcy test has been used and after e...

This study aims to examine the happiness levels of physical education and sports college students studying in Konya, Burdur, and Ankara. A total of 229 students, 64.6% female, and 35.4% male, participated in the study in the 2019-2020 academic year. The "Oxford Happiness Scale" developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted into Turkish by Doğan and Çötok (2011) was used as a data collection tool in the study. Percentage distribution and frequency values of the students participating in the study were determined by descriptive statistics and skewness and kurtosis test was applied as the normality test. Due to the normal distribution of the data, the independent samples t-test and ANOVA test, which are parametric tests, were applied (α = 0.05). According to the findings obtained in the research; In the comparison made between the genders of the students, a significant difference was observed between the groups in favor of female. In the comparison made according to the age variable of the students, it was observed that there was a significant difference in favor of 19-year-old students. It was found that there is a significant difference in the comparison made between the sports purposes of the students. Another finding is that there is a significant difference between students' living a healthy life variable and their level of happiness. However, in the comparisons made according to the social life variable of the students, it was found that there was no significant difference between the groups. As a result, it has been determined that the happiness levels of physical education and sports college students are significantly effective according to their goals of engaging in sports.

ABSTRACT Life Satisfaction is an important element of an individual's sense of well-being in general. University students have problems with life satisfaction from time to time. University years are a period in which students try their adult roles, prepare for working life and idealize their values more. The aim of this study is to examine the life satisfaction levels of university students according to gender, class, place of residence, income level, number of siblings, education level of parents and whether or not parents are alive. The research was carried out with 550 students in Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University's various faculties of the ongoing 229 male, 321 famele and in 2017-2018 academic year. To determine the level of life satisfaction of students developed by Diener, Emmons, Laresen and Griffin (1985) in order to The Life Satisfaction Scale adapted to Turkish by Köker (1985) and the Personal Information Form developed by the researcher were used to obtain information about independent variables. According to the results of the research, life satisfaction levels of university students vary according to income levels and place variables. Results in accordance with the findings and recommendations were made. Keywords: Life Satisfaction, Shelter, Satisfaction Areas, University Student

Research was carried out for the purpose of determination of satisfaction of university students from social and sportive activities provided by their universities. Research is a survey screening type of research. Universe of the research is central campus of Mehmet Akif Ersoy University of Burdur and its population is 800 students who were selected randomly and who study at different units located in this campus. In this study, data were acquired by survey method. A purpose-oriented survey was developed. Understandability, validness of the scope and reliability of the survey were established. Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability Coefficient of the survey was found to be 0,89. Survey was applied to sample group by making one on one interviews with random sampling method. Survey was answered by 800 students in total, being 424 women and 376 men. Frequency (%), Crosstabs and Chi Square (χ 2 ) tests were made as statistical procedure. 0,05 was accepted as confidence interval in determination o...

Aim: It is known that recreational activities have positive effects on people's emotions, thoughts, morale and many other issues. The aim of this study was to measure students’ participation in recreational activities, life satisfaction and the meaning of leisure activities to the students in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Akdeniz University.Method: A total of 252 students (60.3% male, 39.7% female) participated in the study. As data collection instruments, Turkish version (Köker, 1991) of Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), which was developed by Diener et al. (1985), and Turkish version (Gürbüz et al., 2007) of Leisure Meanings Inventory (LMI) (Esteve et al., 1999) were used. SPSS Package program was used in the study. ANOVA was used in the data analysis.Findings: According to the findings of Leisure Meanings Inventory by classes, there was a statistically significant difference (p <0.005) among the groups. . This difference appears to be between sophomores and juniors when ex...

The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between the levels of life satisfaction and leisure time satisfaction of foreign students study at Erciyes University. The research group totally consists of 220 foreign students, 147 of them are male and 73 of them are female students study at Erciyes University. In order to obtain lesiure time satisfaction level data, ''Leisure Time Satisfaction Scale'' developed by Karlı et al. In 2008 and 'Life Satisfaction Scale' developed in 1985 by Diener et al. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of gender variance, while there was a meaningful difference between the groups according to the place they live, the sporting situation, the type of activity they attended and the way they affect their classes. There was an important difference found between the groups according to their gender, sporting activities, activity types they attended and their influence on their courses, while there was no significant difference found between the groups according to their residence status in life satisfaction levels. There was a positive relationship found between the leisure time satisfaction levels and the life satisfaction levels of the foreign students who participated in the study. As a result, as the level of satisfaction of foreign students who study at Erciyes University increases then their level of satisfaction also increases.

In this study, it was aimed to examine the happiness levels of students studying in the sports management department. The research 213 students studying in the sports management department in Aydın and İzmir provinces participated as voluntary. In this study; It was used he scale of happiness developed by Hills and Argyle (2002) and adapted to Turkish by Doğan and Çötok (2011). To evaluate the data SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used. It benefited from frequency and percentage values. In the study; due to the normal distribution of datas parametric tests were used. To test the difference between the variables T-test and ANOVA test were used. In addition, to determine the difference of subgroups Bonferroni and Tamhane were used (α = 0.05). According to the findings of the research, it was found that there was a significant difference between the happiness levels of the students according to active sports, branch, age, income and self-definition variables. When the average of the students according to the active sports variable was examined, it was found that those who do active sports had higher levels of happiness than those who did not. When the happiness levels of the participants were analyzed according to the branch variable, it was determined that there was a significant difference in happiness levels and this difference was in favor of those who do team sports. When the happiness levels of the students were examined in terms of age variable, it was determined that there was a significant difference. This difference was found to favor 18-year-old students. It has been determined that there is a significant difference between the happiness level of the students and the income variable in favor of those with 1000 or less income. It was observed that there was a significant difference between the self-description variable and happiness levels of the participants in favor of the calm participants. However, it was determined that there was no significant difference in terms of gender and psychological help status variables. As a result, it was determined that the happiness level of the students studying in the sports management department is above the middle level. ÖZET Bu çalışmada spor yöneticiliği bölümünde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin mutluluk düzeylerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmaya, Aydın ve İzmir illerinde spor yöneticiliği bölümünde okuyan 213 öğrenci gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırmada Hills ve Argyle (2002) tarafından geliştirilmiş, Doğan ve Çötok (2011) tarafından Türkçe'ye uyarlanan Oxford Mutluluk Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde SPSS 25.0 istatistik paket programı kullanılmıştır. Frekans ve yüzde değerlerinden faydalanılmıştır. Çalışmada; verilerin normal dağılım göstermesi sebebiyle parametrik testlerden yararlanılmıştır. Değişkenler arasındaki farklılığın test edilmesi için t-testi ve ANOVA testinden faydalanılmıştır. Ayrıca alt grupların farklılığı belirlemek için Bonferroni ve Tamhane kullanıldı (α=0,05). Araştırma elde edilen bulgulara göre öğrencilerin aktif spor yapma, branş, yaş, gelir ve kendini tanımlama değişkenlerine göre mutluluk düzeyleri arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu saptanmıştır. Öğrencilerin aktif spor yapma değişkenine göre ortalamaları incelendiğinde aktif spor yapanların, yapmayanlara göre mutluluk düzeylerinin daha fazla olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların mutluluk düzeylerinin branş değişkenine göre incelendiğinde mutluluk düzeylerinde anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu saptanmış ve bu farkın takım sporu yapanların lehine olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin mutluluk düzeylerinin yaş değişkeni açısından incelendiğinde anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu farkın 18 yaşında olan öğrencilerin lehine olduğu görülmüştür. Öğrencilerin mutluluk düzeylerinin gelir değişkeni ile arasında 1000 ve altı gelire sahip olanların lehine anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların kendini tanımlama değişkeni ile mutluluk düzeyleri arasında sakin olan katılımcıların lehine anlamlı farklılık olduğu görülmüştür. Ancak bireylerin cinsiyet ve psikolojik yardım alma durumu değişkenleri açısından anlamlı bir farklılık olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak spor yöneticiliği bölümünde öğrenim gören öğrencilerin mutluluk düzeylerinin orta seviyenin üzerinde olduğu tespit edilmiştir.