THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RECREATIONAL BEHAVIORS IN PARTICIPATION IN PARK RECREATION ACTIVITIES / PARK REKREASYONU FAALİYETLERİNE KATILIMDA ÇEVRESEL TUTUM VE ÇEVRE DOSTU REKREASYON DAVRANIŞLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Harun Ayar, Tebessüm Ayyıldız Durhan, Suat Karaküçük

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The purpose of this article is to identify the relationship between individuals' environmentally friendly recreational behavior and environmental attitudes associated with park recreation activities, to determine the environmental behaviors of individuals during park recreation activities and to examine the effect of environmental attitude variables on environmentally friendly recreational behavior. The population of the research consists of individuals who use the city parks for recreational purposes within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. In this research process, individuals who participated in recreational activities in Yaşam Vadisi Park located in Beylikdüzü district of Istanbul province were investigated. Simple random sampling method was used in the study. The quantitative research conducted in line with the purpose of the research was carried out with the survey technique by applying the relational screening model. Personal information form, environmentally friendly recreational behavior and environmental attitude scales were used in the evaluation of the users. During the statistical process, descriptive analyzes were applied primarily, followed by correlation and regression analysis in line with the hypotheses. In the light of the data obtained from the findings, it was determined that the environmental attitude and environmentally friendly recreational behavior of the participants were at a good level. It has been confirmed that there is a moderate positive relationship between environmental attitude and environmentally friendly recreational behavior. Environmental attitudes of the participants significantly affect the environmentally friendly recreational behavior.

Bireyleri park rekreasyonu faaliyetlerine yönelik çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı ve çevresel tutumları arasındaki ilişkininin tespit edilmesi ve bireylerin park rekreasyonu faaliyetleri sırasında çevreci davranışları tespit edilerek, çevresel tutum değişkenlerinin çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışına etkisinin incelenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırmanın evrenini, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi içerisinde yer alan kent parklarına rekreasyonel amaçlı katılan bireyler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak, İstanbul ili Beylikdüzü ilçesinde yer alan Yaşam Vadisi parkında rekreasyonel faaliyetlere katılan bireyler oluşturmaktadır. Çalışmada kullanılacak örnekleme yöntemi ise basit tesadüfi örnekleme yöntemidir. Araştırmanın amacı doğrultusunda nicel araştırma, ilişkisel tarama modeli uygulanarak anket tekniği ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Katılımcılara kişisel bilgi formu, çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı ve çevresel tutum ölçekleri uygulanmıştır. İstatistiksel süreçte öncelikle tanımlayıcı analizler ardından da hipotezler doğrultusunda korelasyon ve regresyon analizleri uygulanmıştır. Bulgulardan elde edilen verilere göre katılımcıların çevresel tutum ve çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı iyi düzeyde olduğu görülmüştür. Çevresel tutum ile çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı genelinde orta düzeyde pozitif yönde bir ilişkinin olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların çevresel tutumlarının çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahiptir.

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leisure, recreation, environmental attitude, environmentally friendly recreational behavior / boş zaman, rekreasyon, çevresel tutum, çevre dostu rekreasyon davranışı

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