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 Volume 11, Issue 10 (October 2024), Pages: 157-165

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 Original Research Paper

Comparison of physical activity and leisure benefits of Turkish and Polish students participating in the Erasmus program in Poland

 Author(s): 

 İbrahim Aydınlı 1, *, Kürşad Sertbaş 1, Kenan Sivrikaya 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Sports Sciences, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
 2Faculty of Sports Sciences, Aydın University, Istanbul, Turkey

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-7326

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.10.018

 Abstract

This study aims to compare the personal statements of Turkish and Polish students in the Erasmus Student Exchange Program in Poland, focusing on the benefits of physical activity and leisure time. It also examines how these practices function among Turkish and Polish students within the framework of EU Higher Education Policies. Since 2004, Turkey has participated in EU programs like Socrates, Erasmus, and Leonardo da Vinci. Although Turkey’s involvement in the Erasmus Program is relatively recent, the number of students participating in study abroad programs is rapidly increasing. This study investigates the benefits of physical activity and leisure time for Turkish and Polish students in the Erasmus Program. Data was collected using the "International Physical Activity Questionnaire" and the "Leisure Time Utilization Scale." These tools were administered online to 60 students (30 Turkish and 30 Polish) living in Poland. Participants provided informed consent before participating. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). The analysis showed no significant differences between the two groups in terms of physical activity participation and leisure activities. Both groups preferred similar physical activities during their free time. The recreational activities they tried for the first time were mainly sports-related, and their ability to meet their recreational needs was similar.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Physical activity, Leisure time, Erasmus program, Turkish students, Polish students

 Article history

 Received 31 May 2024, Received in revised form 11 September 2024, Accepted 6 October 2024

 Acknowledgment

The authors are grateful to all the people who contributed to conducting the study.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. This research was approved by the Kocaeli University Social and Humanities Ethics Committee (Date: 12.02.2024, Protocol No: 549244). The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Aydınlı İ, Sertbaş K, and Sivrikaya K (2024). Comparison of physical activity and leisure benefits of Turkish and Polish students participating in the Erasmus program in Poland. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(10): 157-165

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