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Recreational activities have many biopsychosocial benefits for individuals. Since sleep hygiene includes the behaviors necessary to maintain the sleep health of individuals, it is necessary to reveal the factors that will contribute positively to these behaviors. Accordingly, the aim of the current study is to determine the relationship between the level of benefit awareness and sleep hygiene of individuals participating in recreational activities and to determine the differences according to independent variables. The study group of the online research designed in the correlation survey model consists of recreational activity participants determined according to the convenience sampling method (n=306). The fit of the scales with the data was tested with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Mann Whitney U, Kruskall Wallis and Spearman Correlation tests were used to analyze the data that did not show normal distribution. According to the findings, it was determined that the participants had a high level of psychological benefit among the sub-dimensions (3.99 ± .73), while sleep hygiene was at a poor level (24.24 ± 6.78). Significant differences were found between recreation benefit awareness and sleep hygiene according to various independent variables of the participants (p < .05). In the study, a moderate negative correlation was found between the mean score of the Recreation Benefit Scale and the social sub-dimension and sleep hygiene (p < .05). In other words, individuals’ increased awareness of social benefits improves sleep hygiene. While individuals are recommended to turn to socializing activities, recreation researchers need to enrich the literature on sleep hygiene from a scientific perspective.
Cite this article as: Siyahtaş, A., & Yurtseven, C.N. (2025). Rekreasyonel aktivite katılımcılarının elde ettikleri fayda ile uyku hijyeni arasındaki İlişki. Research in Sports Science, 15, 0028, doi: 10.5152/rss.2025.25028