RESEARCHING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN’S BODY ATTITUDES, RECREATIONAL AWARENESS LEVELS OF WOMEN

Abstract

The aim of this study is to specify the body attitudes and recreational awareness levels of women, to identify whether demographic variables are effective on these levels and to examine the relationship between these two concepts. The research, designed on the basis of the relational research method, was conducted with 772 female participants in Turkey. The data of the research are given to be the participants’ demographic information (age, body mass index and marital status), body attitudes (Body Appreciation Scale) and recreational awareness levels (Recreational Awareness Scale). In order to analyze the data, descriptive analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) and regression test have been used. The result of the analysis reveals that participants’ body appreciation and recreational one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) awareness are high. The result of the analysis reveals that participants’ body appreciation and recreational one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) awareness are high. It has been observed that age, marital status and body mass index variables create a significant difference on body appreciation and recreational awareness. It has been noted that there is a linear and low-level relationship between body appreciation and recreational awareness, body appreciation attitude is a significant predictor of recreational awareness and explains 8% of the total variance significantly.