The Relationship Between Human Needs And Leisure Time Of Sharekord University Students

Social, economical and cultural situation in every community can reflect the community s leisure time, and effective use of this time can be used to improve the quality of life. Efficient use of leisure time is due to the careful planning, appropriateness of the needs and successful implementation. This article studied the relationship between human needs and spending spare time of Shahrekord University students. 440 male and female students of ShahreKord University were selected via random sampling. The required information was collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were examined using both face and construct validity.The reliability of the statements of leisure time was found to be to 0.81.The dimensions of human needs was computed through factor analysis. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between gender, social class, physiological needs, need to respect and spending the leisure time. The results of logistic regression model showed that gender, social class, physiological needs and class category (middle) contributed to a total of 14 percent of the variance of the dependent variable. Except Physiological need, that has been negatively associated with other variables, the rest was found to be positively realted with leisure time.