An Analysis of the Relationship between Sports Center Users' Participation in Physical Activity, Leisure Boredom and Leisure Satisfaction
The purpose of this study is to research and analyze the relationship between sports center users' participation...
An Analysis of the Relationship between Sports Center Users' Participation in Physical Activity, Leisure Boredom and Leisure Satisfaction
The purpose of this study is to research and analyze the relationship between sports center users' participation in physical activity, leisure boredom and leisure satisfaction. To be more specific, this study examined the effect of level of participation in physical activity - participation frequency, participation intensity and participation duration - on leisure boredom and leisure satisfaction.
I used simple random sampling to pick out 312 physical program participants from a population composed of five sports centers in Seoul, Korea in 2003.
It is conducted using the Questionnaire on the Relationship between Sports Center Users Participation in Physical Activity, Leisure Boredom and Leisure Satisfaction.
The Cronbach's α method gave a subordinate factor-based reliability coefficient of α = .6921 for leisure boredom and α = .9385 (highly reliable) for leisure satisfaction, respectively. The methods for data analysis used for this study include frequency analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis.
Study findings are as follows:
1) As for the participation frequency relating to the level of participation, the effect have a positive correlation with participation intensity(r=.162*), participation duration(r=.147*) and leisure satisfaction(r=.275*) while the effect on participation intensity have a positive correlation with leisure satisfaction(r=.151*).
2) A statistically insignificant difference (5% range) was identified regarding all subordinate factors (i.e., participation frequency(β=.093), participation intensity (β=.075), participation duration(β=.032)
3) A statistically significant difference (5% range) was identified regarding all subordinate factors (i.e., participation frequency(β=.231), participation duration(β=.185)) while a statistically insignificant difference was identified for participation intensity(β=.107).
Participation frequency and participation duration have a positive correlation of 12.3%(R²=.123) with leisure satisfaction.