摘要：ABSTRACTThe aimof this study was to compare the health perception and life satisfaction levelsof the individuals doing recreational sports according to various demographicvariables and to determine the relationship. Thisstudy was conducted on the basis of survey model; Individuals attendingrecreational fitness centers in Konya participated on a voluntary basis. “Health Perception Scale” which was developedby Diamond et al. (2007) and adapted to Turkish by Kadıoğlu and Yıldız; and“Life Satisfaction Scale” which was developed by Diener et al. and adapted toTurkish by Köker (1991) were used. SPSS20 package program was used to analyze the data. In the evaluation of the data,complementary statistical methods like standard deviation (sd) frequency (f)percentage (%) average (M) and since normal distribution conditions werenot met Kruskal Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney U test, which are non-parametrictests, were used. Spearman Correlation coefficient test was used to reveal therelationship between them. Results were evaluated at 0.05 significance level. As aresult of the study, when the health perception scale and life satisfactionscale were compared according to the variables of gender, age and educationalstatus, statistically significant differences were found and it was found thatthe relationship between life satisfaction and health perception scale had lowpositive correlation levels with each other. In this context, health perceptionand life satisfaction can be evaluated as factors affecting each other.
