The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between participation in leisure activities and social development, that is, participation in leisure activities related to personal characters and the relationships between participation ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between participation in leisure activities and social development, that is, participation in leisure activities related to personal characters and the relationships between participation in leisure activities and social development.
TO accomplish the purpose of this study, research models and hypotheses were established based on previous studies and theories.
Gender and grade as personal characters, participation in leisure activities as a independent variable and social development as a dependent variable were selected.
Total of 570 student who go to High school in kyeon GI-do, moon-san. 2004 were selected as subjects with random sampling.
The questionnaire used in this study was based on the material which was made by Chung Bung-Mo(1971) and was standardized by Han Tae-Ryoung(1998).
Frequency analysis, cross analysis, ANOVA and t-test were used in this study and each hypothesis was tested at the significance level of .05.
On the basis of the results analyzed, the conclusions were drawn as follows ;
First, there was a difference of participation in leisure activities depending on gender of High school students, but no difference was found depending on grades.
Second, there was a significant difference of social development in emotional stability, dominance and self-regulation according to types of participation in leisure activities of High school students.
Third, No significant difference of social development was found in both frequency and period according to an extent of participation in leisure activities of High school students.
Fourth, there was a difference in only activities depending on existence of a leader and there was significant difference in activity and sociability depending on existence of a colleague.