생활체육 참여자들의 여가관여에 따른 참여동기, 스포츠몰입, 생활만족간의 관계

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine causal relations among life sports participants' participation motivation, attitudes toward leisure activities and life satisfaction and then concretely present causal relations among related variables according to the leisure activity participation level. Study subjects were 250 life sports participants in Seoul and the capital area as of 2009 and they were sampled with the convenience sampling method. Questionnaire was directly distributed to them and the data of 239 respondents were used in empirical analysis, except data of 11 respondents of which reliability was problematic. And for final data, an SEM-based path analysis was carried out using AMOS 7.0 Program. Study findings are as follows: First, life sports participants' participation motivation had a positive influence upon their sports flow and their sports flow had a positive influence upon their life satisfaction. In addition, their participation motivation had a positive influence upon their life satisfaction. Second, in the group of which life sports participants' leisure activity participation level was high, their participation motivation had a positive influence upon their sports flow and their sports flow had a positive influence upon their life satisfaction. Third, in the group of which life sports participants' leisure activity participation level was low, their participation motivation also had a positive influence upon their sports flow and their sports flow also had a positive influence upon their life satisfaction. In addition, their participation motivation had a positive influence upon their life satisfaction.