Examining The Relationship Between University Students’ Leisure Time Exercise Levels and Life Skills According to Their Participation in E-Sports

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the leisure time exercise levels and life skills of university students who participate and do not participate in e-sports activities, as well as to examine how various variables change these characteristics and to determine the relationships between the measurement tools. For this purpose, the data collected face-to-face from 307 university students with the "Leisure Time Exercise Scale (LTE)" and "Life Skills Scale (LS)" were analyzed with parametric tests since they provided homogeneous distribution. The findings obtained shows that university students' leisure time exercise scores are at a low, but their life skills are above the middle level. The findings of the study indicate that various variables differentiate the levels of LTE and LS, the status of doing e-sports creates a significant difference on LTE and LS, and there is a significant positive relationship between LTE and LS. The findings are discussed with the support of the literature.