摘要：The aim of this study was to determine the factors that motivate females to do exercise whom live in Corum and to understand whether these factors differ according to some variables. 104 women doing exercise between the age of 18-50 participated voluntarily in the study. In order to determine the motivation of the participants for free time activities, the “Free Time Motivation Scale” developed by Pelletier et al (1989,1991) was used. The adaptation of this scale to Turkish was done by Mutlu (2008) and Güngörmüş (2012). In this study, the one whose adaptation was done by Mutlu (2008) was used. In the 5 sub-dimensions of the scale, assessments were done according to working or not, age, educational status, and the frequency of participation in exercise. For statistical analysis, One- Way Anova and Turkey tests were used as normal distribution data, Kruskal Vallis test and Mann Whitney U test were used for non-normal distribution data. As a consequence of the statistical analysis carried out, it has been understood that leisure motivation values do not differ according to participants’ working in somewhere or not and educational status. In our research, age groups were classified in 4 separate groups as 18-25, 26-33, 34-41 and 42-49. It has been determined that the sub-scale of “to know and to accomplish” for those in 26-33 age group is higher than those who are in the age groups of 18-25 and 34-41. In the other sub-scales, no meaningful differences could be found between the age groups. When Free Time Motivation sub-scales were compared according to marital status, it was observed that only “identification/introjection sub-scale showed meaningful difference between the married and the single. Free Time Motivation sub-scales were compared according to the number of doing exercise days in a week, it was seen that the “external regulation” sub-scale of those doing exercise for 4 days or over a week is higher than those who do so for 3 days a week. According to the results obtained; Age, marital status, and often participate in exercise; motivates women to exercise has been found to be the most influential factors.
