Reflection of Leisure Literacy on Reading Habits

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of university students' leisure literacy on their reading habits, and also to examine whether various variables differentiate the measurement tools. While 301 university students were included in the study, personal information form, leisure literacy scale and attitude towards reading habits scale were used in the data collection phase. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t test, one-way analysis of variance ANOVA, Tukey test, Pearson correlation test and regression analysis were used to determine the relationships between the groups. The findings indicate that the participants developed attitudes towards high leisure literacy and book reading habits. It was determined that the participants' gender, class and library adequacy parameters significantly differentiated their leisure literacy and attitudes towards book reading habits, but daily free time and whether they spent their free time efficiently or not did not differentiate the measurement tools.  While there were generally moderate positive relationships between leisure literacy and book reading habits, it was observed that leisure literacy had a high effect of 31% on book reading habits. Based on the findings of the research, it is expected that by increasing the leisure literacy levels of individuals, the level of book reading that can be done in leisure time and the attitudes towards these levels will increase in parallel. The current findings supporting the related assumption are discussed by comparing them with different studies.