I volunteered: The mediating role of leisure satisfaction in the effect of leisure motivation on the meaning of life

This study aims to test the mediating effect of leisure satisfaction on the relationship between leisure motivation and meaning of life. In the study, data were collected from individuals living in Istanbul using the convenience sampling method. A total of 324 volunteers participated in the study, of which 156 (48.1%) were females and 168 (51.9%) were males. The age of participants ranged from 18 to 63 years (Mean-age: 27.98±10.43). The data collection instrument consisted of two parts; the first part included questions about participants' demographic information, while the second part included the "Leisure Motivation Scale (LMS)," "Leisure Satisfaction Scale (LSS)," and "Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ)" Basic descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. Furthermore, the mediating effect of leisure satisfaction on the relationship between leisure motivation and meaning of life was calculated using SPSS Process Macro (Model 4). Based on the results of Pearson correlation analysis, there were statistically significant, moderately positive relationships between the mean scores of "LMS," "LSS," and "MLQ” (p