Abstract:
There has been a culture of recreational sports in the world. Especially higher educational centers
like universities serve various types of recreational sport programs. Most of university students
are spending a very busy life due to their educational activities. However, recreational activities
alleviate the encumbrance of their busy lives. The primary purpose of this study was to
investigate aspects of the Benefits of Participating in Campus Recreational Sports Facilities and
Programs in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The specific objectives of this study were the
types of campus recreational programs that students are interested in and the benefits which have
mostly attracted the students to the CR programs. The independent variable was the campus
recreation and the dependent variable was campus recreation benefits. Random sampling method
was used to select sample and research is limited to 200 internally registered students who
actively participate in the recreational sports at University of Kelaniya. Data collection
instrument was the Quality and Importance of Recreational Services (QIRS) survey, further
Likert scale was employed as well. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS 21.0)
was utilized to analyze the data using Ordinal Logic Regression and Principal Component
Analysis (PCA) to determine benefits gained from participating in campus recreational activities.
The results of this study identify the most dominant benefit factors, influencing the choice of
campus recreational activities.
