FACTORS INFLUENCING YOUTHS PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION

ABSTRACT

This study investigated factors influencing youths’ participation in recreation and leisure activities. It established the lack of interest affecting youths participation in recreational activities; ascertain if inadequate time affect youths participation in recreational activities; measure the impact of lack of facilities and inadequate provision of equipment and supplies on youths participation in recreational activities; identify whether gender affect youths’ participation in recreational activities; and ascertain if location affect youths’ participation in recreational activities

The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study consisted of 268 student-athletes who train daily using the University of Benin Sports Complex Facilities/Equipment while the sample size was 137 student athletes were selected for the study using a simple random sampling technique. The validity of the study was determined by the researcher’s supervisor and the Cronbach Alpha Correlation co-efficient result gotten from the reliability test were 0.72, indicating that the instrument was reliable.

The study revealed that that youth’s recreational activity participation is being affected by lack of interest. Recreational activity participation is seen to be amongst others affected by less interest, poor motivation, as well as low knowledge of recreation effect on them and inadequate time affect youths recreational activity participation. The study there recommends that youth’s recreational activity participation is being affected by lack of interest. Recreational activity participation is seen to be amongst others affected by less interest, poor motivation, as well as low knowledge of recreation effect on them and that inadequate time affect youths recreational activity participation.