Recreatıonal Actıvıty Motıvatıon Scale Development Study

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a measurement tool for determining motivation for recreational activities. In this context, a question pool for recreational activity motivation was created by reviewing the literature within the scope of self-determination theory. The question pool was reduced to 47 items by taking the opinion of 5 academicians who are experts in the field, and pilot application was made with the form obtained. The first test was carried out on 481 recreational activity participants with the form which was expressed to have integrity of meaning. After the exploratory factor analysis, the structure was determined and 401 participants were tested again. The final form consists of 39 questions and 4 sub-dimensions.  The sub-dimensions in the scale are named as intrinsic motivation, benefit, amotivation and extrinsic motivation. The analyses of the measurement tool confirmed the 4-dimensional 39-item structure (x²/df=2.96; NFI=0.97; NNFI=0.98; RMSEA=0.06, SRMR=0.04; CFI=0.98). The findings obtained prove that the recreational activity motivation scale is valid and reliable.