REVIEWING SPORTIVE RECREATION ACTIVITIES OF WORKERS WHO WORKED IN ANKARA GIMAT AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIAL ZONE

This study focused on reviewing sportive recreation activities of workers who worked in Ankara GIMAT automobile industrial zone. 235 workers who worked in Ankara GIMAT automobile industrial zone participated in the study that was designed in screening model. As data collection tool, Leisure Constraint Scale –which was developed by Alexandris and Carrol and Turkish adaptation of which was done by Gurbuz and Karakucuk– was used. According to study results, it was identified that workers considered social environment and lack of knowledge as the biggest constraint to leisure activity participation and that subdimension was followed by facilities/services and time subdimensions. Besides, according to analysis results about workers’ attitudes towards these six factors that constrained them from recreational activity participation, a significant difference existed in facilities/services and social environment and lack of knowledge subdimensions in terms of different age groups. Article visualizations: