Abstract :
The aim of this study was to examine the factor motivating people participating in recreational exercise with respect to some demographic variables as gender, marital status, income, perception level of income, education and occupation by using Recreational Exercise Motivation Measure, REMM. The sampling group of this study consists of 441 men (Ẋ age = 33.27 ± 12.09), 341 female ( Ẋ age = 32.05 ± 10.84), and totally 782 ( Ẋ age = 32.74 ± 11.57) participants living in center of Antalya. REMM scale which was developed by Rogers and Morris (2003) used in this study. Turkish validity and reliability analysis of REMM was made by Gurbuz et all. (2006). Since, in the process of assessing data the descriptive statistic methods and non-parametric tests Kruskal Wailles and Mann-Whitney U have been used. Results have been assessed according to significant level 0.05. As a result of this study; statistically meaningful difference has been found between in sub dimensions of REMM with some demographics variables. While women prefer to participate in recreational activities for healthy reasons, men prefer for competition and social/entertainment, singles prefer for competition and appearance, social/entertainment and develop skills. When monthly income increases, participating in for healthy expectation increases also.
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Participating in Recreational Exercise , Recreational Exercise Motivation Measure , REMM , Recreation
