Examination of the relationship between perceived freedom levels in leisure time and multidimensional leadership orientations of individuals engaged in nature sports as a recreational activity.
Kenan Koç, Mustafa Soner Yüce, Hakkı Ulucan, Mustafa Zahit Serarslan, Oğulcan Usuflu, Sevim Kir, Erdal Kirik
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Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between perceived freedom in leisure and multifaceted leadership orientations among individuals engaged in recreational nature sports residing in various provinces of the Central Anatolia region.
Methods: In this study, a quantitative research method was used. The sample consisted of 633 randomly selected volunteers from Kayseri, Kýrşehir, and Nevşehir. Data collection instruments included the "Multifaceted Leadership Orientations Scale", "Perceived Freedom in Leisure Scale", and demographic information form. Participants' personal information, inventory scores, and factor scores were presented using frequency (f) and percentage (%) values. For comparing scale scores, independent t-test statistics were used for gender and marital status variables, while one-way analysis of variance (LSD) was employed for age, educational status, sports discipline, duration of engagement in nature sports, and welfare level comparisons. Pearson correlation analysis (r) was applied to determine the relationship between the scores obtained from the scales.
Results: The research findings indicate that individuals participating in recreational nature sports activities exhibit high levels of perceived freedom in leisure and average levels of leadership orientation. On the other hand, analysis of various variables revealed significant differences between perceived freedom in leisure time and marital status, sport discipline, and years of participation, as well as between the some sub-dimensions of multifaceted leadership orientations and gender, marital status, education level, age, sport discipline, years of participation, and welfare level.
Discussion: The correlation analysis revealed a strong positive relationship between perceived freedom in leisure levels and multifaceted leadership orientations. This positive correlation is thought to stem from individuals' desire to prioritize their own wishes, emotions, and ideas to feel free during their leisure time.
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Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.
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