The Relationship Between Leisure Constraints and Leisure Involvement: A Research About Fitness Center Members

The study aimed to determine the relationship between the leisure constraints and involvements of private fitness centre members. The sample of the study consisted of 216 people who were members of private fitness centre in Istanbul and selected by the purposeful sampling method. The Leisure Constraints Scale (LCS) developed by Alexandris and Carroll (1997) and adapted into Turkish by Gürbüz et al. (2020), and the Leisure Involvement Scale (LIS) developed by Kyle et al., (2007) and adapted into Turkish by Gürbüz et al. (2018) were used as data collection tools. Descriptive statistics, MANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis used to analyse data. According to MANOVA analysis, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the Facility and Individual Psychology subscales regarding Frequency of Fitness Centre Usage . The results of MANOVA analysis on LIS showed that there was a significant difference in centrality subscales according to gender, and there was a significant difference in all subscales according to the Frequency of Fitness Centre Usage. Moreover, there was a low and positive relationship between Age and Facility subscales of LCS. A low and positive relationship was found between age and LIS subscales. When the relationship between LCS and LIS was examined, it was determined that there was no relationship between scales. As a result, it was concluded that individuals leisure involvement and constraints differed according to different variables, and there was no relationship between LIS and LCS.