The Relationship Between Netlessphobia and Leisure Satisfaction: A Study on Students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences

The present study aimed to examine the relationship between netlessphobia and leisure satisfaction among students enrolled at the faculty of sport sciences, and to determine whether there were any differences according to their independent variables. The study group was comprised of students from Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Sport Sciences who met the inclusion criteria (n=202) and were of a descriptive and relationship-seeking research type. The data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Fırat Netlessphobia Scale (FNS) and the Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS). The suitability of the data collected for the sample group was evaluated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). For normally distributed data, t-tests, ANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were employed. The findings revealed that the average age of the students was 21.36(±5.18) and 50.5% of them were female. The variables of gender, age and weekly leisure duration were found to have no effect on both netlessphobia and leisure satisfaction. It was observed that the fear of netlessphobia was affected by the variables of daily internet usage time and frequently used technological devices. In addition, various sub-dimensions of leisure satisfaction were affected by independent variables such as class, department, income, and academic perception level. The study concluded that there was no relationship between netlessphobia and leisure satisfaction among students at the faculty of sport sciences. It is recommended that further investigation be conducted into the factors that may influence students' fear of netlessphobia in leisure.