The Effect of Leisure Time Satisfaction Levels of University Students Taking Reformer Pilates Training on Life Satisfaction: Structural Modeling

Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between leisure time satisfaction and life satisfaction of university students receiving Reformer Pilates training. For this purpose, 234 people from Afyonkarahisar province, reached by purposeful sampling method, constituted the research participants. Leisure Satisfaction Scale developed by Beard and Raghep (1980) and The Satisfaction with Life Scale developed by Ed Diener et al. (1985) was used as a data collection tool. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the Leisure Satisfaction Scale was 0.76, and the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the life satisfaction scale was 0.70. For the sub-dimensions of the leisure satisfaction scale, the internal consistency coefficients ranged from 0.70 to 0.89. Validity and reliability analysis (EFA) of the obtained data was performed, then confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied. As a result of the established model (RMSEA = .07, CFI = .96), a highly significant relationship was found between leisure time satisfaction and life satisfaction (p<0.05). It was found that the leisure time satisfaction levels of female students who took the reformer pilates training had a high effect on life satisfaction. The findings suggest that reformer pilates training plays an important role in increasing life satisfaction in young women as a leisure time evaluation tool.