Taiwanese University students' perceived freedom and participation in leisure

Autor:	Abby Liu, Homer C. Wu, Chih-Hung Wang
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Social Psychology Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Leisure participation Geography Planning and Development Questionnaire Cognition Psychology Social psychology Competence (human resources) LISREL
Zdroj:	Annals of Leisure Research. 13:679-700
ISSN:	2159-6816 1174-5398
DOI:	10.1080/11745398.2010.9686870
Popis:	Evidence suggests leisure presents an important context for wellness and development for students. Also optimal effects of leisure participation are closely associated with an individual's perceived freedom in manipulating or controlling discretionary free time. This study examined Taiwanese university students’ leisure behaviours and their capacity in managing leisure. Relationships among the cognitive components of control and competence, perceived freedom in leisure (PFL ), and chosen leisure activities, were tested. To validate these structural relationships, a hypothesised model was developed based on the theoretical framework of the Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LD B), postulating control and competence as antecedents of PFL and leisure participation. Data acquired from a self‐administered questionnaire survey of 1,019 samples were processed using LISREL analysis. Results reveal students’ pursuit of leisure activities is predominately static and domestic, which in turn, limits opportunities f...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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