중년여성의 여가 스포츠참여가 삶의 질에 미치는 영향 = The effects of the quality of life on the middle-aged women according to the participation of sports activity

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The main purpose of this study was to find out the effect of the quality of life on the middle-aged women according to the participation of sports activity. The subjects of this study were a total of 381 women, between 40 and 60 years of age. Examinations of the difference in the quality of life as related socio-demographic variables and participation of leisure sports were done using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe test. The results of this study were as follows: (1)It was shown that the quality of life of the middle-aged women was affected by the age, education, job, income and health. (2)Motivation of participation influences on the relationships between the neighbour and satisfaction of self-esteem. (3)Swimming, golf, badminton and tennis were shown to have an important effect on the satisfactions of self-esteem. (4)Frequent participation was positively related to life satisfaction. In conclusion, the appropriate participation of the leisure sports played a significant role of middle-aged women in enhancing the quality of life.