ABSTRACT

The aim of the research is to examine the leisure management, attitudes and behaviors of the students studying at Kilis 7 September University. With the study, determining the current attitudes and behaviors of the students,  Creating resources for the relevant units at the national and international level, especially the province of Kilis and Kilis 7 September University, reveals the importance of the research. Age, gender, marital status, class, academic units and leisure activity days per week of 387 students participating in the study were examined in order to determine their leisure  management. According to the age variable, It was understood that 220 students  aged 18-20 (56.8%) , 148 students aged 21-23 (38.2%), 12 students aged 24-25 (3.1%), and 7 students aged 26 and over(1.8%)  were participated in the study. It was understood that there were 222 women (57.4%)  and 165 men (42.6%) according to the gender variable and 380 single people(98.2%)  and 7 married people(1.8%) according to their marital status. Between the leisure management sub-dimensions and the gender variable,it was observed that there was no significant difference in the goal setting and programming sub-dimensions of male and female students.However, It was found that there was a significant difference in their leisure time attitude and evaluation sub-dimensions. It is seen that there is no significant difference between the sub-dimensions of the scale and age groups in goal setting and method programming and sub-dimensions, while there is a significant difference in the sub-dimension of leisure time attitude. It is seen that there is no significant difference between the sub-dimensions of the scale and age groups in programming and evaluation sub-dimensions, and there is a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of goal setting and method and leisure time attitude. It was understood that there was no significant difference in programming sub-dimension between academic unit groups It is seen that there is a significant difference in other sub-dimensions, which are the sub-dimensions of goal setting and method, leisure time attitude and evaluation. Between the sub-dimensions of the scale and the days when students participated in leisure time activities, It was observed that there was no significant difference in the sub-dimensions of their leisure time attitude and programming. It is seen that there is significant difference in the sub-dimensions of goal setting and  evaluation with method.

Keywords: Kilis, Rcreation, Leisure