여가 레크리에이션 : 가정주부의 여가제약과 여가만족, 가족기능, 생활만족의 관계 = The Relationships among Leisure Constraint, Leisure Satisfaction Family Functioning, and Life Satisfaction as Perceived by Selected Housewives Residing in Seoul Metropolitan Area

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

It had been proved theoretically in this study that leisure constraint as perceived by housewives is major psychological barrier to leisure satisfaction and leisure satisfaction is the one and only variable predicting family cohesion and life satisfaction. The subjects of this study were 754 housewives who are 25 years old and over, living in Seoul metorpolitan area. Subjects were selected by the strafied random sampling in order to meet the characteristics of subject samples those who are either actively or passively engaged in leisure activities.
Research instruments were devised by the researcher herself, pretested, and proved that contain content validity and reliability. They were Crawford et al`s 21 item Leisure Constraint Scale, Ragheb and Beard`s LSS(Leisure Satisfaction Scale), Olson`s FACEs III, Diener`s SWLS(Satisfaction with Life Scale) and background variables that the research herself developed.
The major findings of this study were that the most significant factors affcting the degree of life satisfaction of the middle class Korean housewives were family cohesion, leisure satisfaction and perceived leisure constraint. It was also found that the degree of family cohesion could be amelioliated by the leisure satisfaction that influenced by participant`s socioeconomic variables such as income and educational backgrounds.
Within its limitations, this study provided a testable model depicting the causal relationships among leisure constraint, leisure participation, family functioning in terms of cohesion and adaptibility, and life satisfaction of the contemporary Korean housewives.