Relationship Between Adolescents’ Leisure Boredom and Substance Use in Turkey

Authors : Ezgi ERTÜZÜN, Tennur YERLİSU LAPA

Pages : 374-383

Doi:10.15314/tsed.779348

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to determine the relationship between adolescents’ leisure boredom, substance use, and participation in recreational sports in a high-risk substance use region of Turkey. To determine high-school adolescents’ socio-demographic characteristics, data collection relied on an adolescent self-report data form and ‘substance’ and ‘boredom’ subscales of the Adolescent Risk-Taking Scale and Leisure Boredom Scale, respectively insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 235, all males, Mage = 15.75 years, SD = 1.19);. While there was a positive correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r = 0.43); between leisure boredom and substance use, a small significant negative relationship was observed between leisure boredom and participation in recreational sports insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r = - 0.27); and between substance use and participation in recreational sports insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r = -0.16);. However, as research has shown that recreational sport activities may play an effective role in preventing leisure boredom, the results of the present study suggest that sports may play role in preventing substance use as well.
Keywords : Adolescents, Leisure Boredom, Substance Use