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RESEARCH IN SPORT EDUCATION AND SCIENCES, no.2, 2023 (ESCI)
The study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Recreation Experience Preference Scale developed by Manfredo et al. in order to measure the reasons people participate in recreational activities. Permission was obtained from Manfredo et al. to create the Turkish version of the Recreation Experience Preference Scale, and the scale was translated into Turkish by experts. The study group of the research consists of 490 individuals who spend their leisure time in Yagam Vadisi Park, located in the Beylikd & uuml;z & uuml; district of Istanbul Province. KaiserMayer-Olkin (KMO) and Barlett's tests were conducted to determine the sampling adequacy for the factor analysis of the Recreation Experience Preference Scale. Barlett Global Test was significant (p < .001), and the KMO test result was 0.78. Thus, it is deemed necessary to apply factor analysis. In this context, factor analysis was made for the questions regarding the scale. As a result of factor analysis, seven dimensions with eigenvalues greater than 1 emerged, and these were confirmed as "physical," "calmness," "nature," "loneliness," "spending time with family." The percentage of explanation for the variance of these seven factors was calculated as 70 820. The internal consistency k coefficient of Recreation Experience Preference Scale (REPS) is 825. As a result of the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of REPS, the value of x2/dfwas found to be 4.77, and root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.088. As a result, the analysis showed that REPS has sufficient validity and reliability values for the recreation experience preferences of the individuals who prefer park recreation.