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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1477857
This article is part of the Research Topic Physical Education, Health and Education Innovation-Vol II View all 7 articles

Can Leisure Education Effect on Screen Time and Perceived Leisure Benefits for College Students?

Provisionally accepted
Abdullah Bora Ozkara Abdullah Bora Ozkara 1Olcay Mülazımoğlu Olcay Mülazımoğlu 2*Mustafa Barış Somoğlu Mustafa Barış Somoğlu 3Fatih Kırkbir Fatih Kırkbir 1Erdi Tokul Erdi Tokul 4Burakhan Aydemir Burakhan Aydemir 1Halil Evren Şentürk Halil Evren Şentürk 2İbrahim Dalbudak İbrahim Dalbudak 5Özgun Mirac Özçilingir Özgun Mirac Özçilingir 6
  • 1 Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
  • 2 Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Muğla, Türkiye
  • 3 Gumushane University, Gümüshane, Gumushane, Türkiye
  • 4 Avrasya University, Trabzon, Trabzon, Türkiye
  • 5 Uşak University, Uşak, Uşak, Türkiye
  • 6 Istanbul Rumeli University, Istanbul, Türkiye

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    Background: Since children and adolescents usually spend their theoretical course time at schools, they experience many negative effects of inactivity and physical inactivity. They are disadvantaged in terms of facing many health and social problems due to lack of physical activity. This sedentary life increases their exposure to screens and the time they spend sitting. Aim of the study: The first aim of this research is to conduct an experimental study to reduce the excessive screen time of college students with an exercise intervention. The second aim of the study is to examine the perceived benefits of leisure activities of students with an exercise intervention. Methods: In this direction, the study group of the research, which was conducted as an experimental study, consisted of 176 [74 female (42.0%), 102 male (58.0%)] students studying in the department of mathematics at college. In the study, the screen exposure time of students was measured with the "Screen time scale for youth and adolescents" along with a personal information form. In addition, the "Perceived Leisure Benefit Scale" scale was used to evaluate the participants' awareness of the benefits obtained from leisure activities. Results and conclusion: According to the findings of the research, it was determined that there was a positive and significant decrease in the screen time of the experimental group participants of students who participated in the research before and after the exercise intervention. In the Leisure Benefit Scale, it was observed that there were significant positive differences in favor of the experimental group.

    Keywords: Physical Education, Leisure Activities, screen time, college students, exercise and screen time

    Received: 08 Aug 2024; Accepted: 07 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ozkara, Mülazımoğlu, Somoğlu, Kırkbir, Tokul, Aydemir, Şentürk, Dalbudak and Özçilingir. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Olcay Mülazımoğlu, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Muğla, Türkiye

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