Determination of Factors That May Obstacle Forest Engineers’ Participation in Recreational Activities

Abstract

A field survey was carried out with 740 forest engineers employed in different Turkish towns to investigate the variables that can prohibit forest engineers from engaging in recreational activities as well as the connections among these factors. According to the results of the study, it was determined that recreational (Individual Psychology, Lack of Information, Lack of Facilities, Lack of Friends, Lack of Time, Lack of Interest, Total Scale) variables tend to be mostly "important". When the effects of demographic characteristics on the participants' recreational activity barriers were examined, it was determined that the participants' gender, marital status, education level, and employment level caused a significant difference in different sub-dimensions and total scale levels. Finally, the mediation effects of working hours were evaluated in the study. The results of the analysis showed that working hours had a partial mediating role in the relationship between time problems and barriers to recreational activities, and a full mediating role in the relationship between facility and time problems and the degree of participation barriers. The researcher came up with several recommendations in light of these findings. Because it contributes data to the literature, our study is significant and one of the first scientific investigations on the topic of activity obstacles in forest engineers.