The primary purpose of this study was to probe the relationship between Bowling Participation Motive on the Leisure Satisfaction, Flow Experience and Life Satisfaction. In order to meet this purpose, the following four subsequent research questions we...
The primary purpose of this study was to probe the relationship between Bowling Participation Motive on the Leisure Satisfaction, Flow Experience and Life Satisfaction. In order to meet this purpose, the following four subsequent research questions were analyzed and these were: 1) Bowling Participation Motive and its impact on Leisure Satisfaction, 2) Bowling Participation Motive and its impact on Flow Experience, 3) Bowling Participation Motive and its impact on Life Satisfaction, 4) causal relationship among Bowling Participation Motive on the Leisure Satisfaction, Flow Experience and Life Satisfaction.
This study was selected the 400 cunsumers, who were questioned, in sports center and the bowling alley, which was located in daejon 2007.
The investigate tool was the questionnaire, which used Participation Motive question as index with the Iso-Ahola & Allen(1982). Flow Experience used questionnaivese, which was developed the Young-Chak Chong(1997) it. Leisure Satisfaction used questionnaivese, which was developed the Beard & Raghed (1980) it.
Life Satisfaction used the satisfaction with life scale(the SWLS), which is composed of developed the Diener, the Emmonson, the Larsen and the Griffin(1985).
All statistical analyses and description methods were computed by SPSS window 12.0 and amos 4.0 program. The discriminant analysis was used multiple regression, covariance structure analysis.
The major findings obtained from this study were followings.
Frist, there was founded that Bowling Participation Motive showed a significant influence in terms of Leisure Satisfaction. Seond, Bowling Participation Motive showed a significant influence in terms of Flow Experience. Third, Bowling Participation Motive showed a significant influence in terms of a life satisfaction, Fourth, It was founded that causal relationship among Bowling Participation Motive on the Leisure Satisfaction, Flow Experience and Life Satisfaction.
It was also found that Bowling Participation Motive facilitated the Leisure Satisfation and Flow Experience and it finally leaded to Life Satisfaction.