중∙고등학교 태권도 선수들의 여가활동 및 생활만족도 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary data on a better leisure activity, a more active school life and performance enhancement by studying relation between leisure activities and life satisfaction of Taekwondo players in middle and high school. The method of this study was practicability analysis. Subjects of this study were composed of Taekwondo players in middle and high school in Gwangju and Geonnam Area. The results of analysis are as followings. First, leisure activities of Taekwondo players in middle and high school were mainly sleep and rest. The Taekwondo players spent more than 6 hours a day exercising, which is a half-activity day. This means that obstacles to leisure activities are a shortage of time and fatigue. Sleep accounts for half of the leisure activities both during and after the exercise session. The types of leisure activities in school were sports, sleep and listening to music, but the players mainly participated in sports. The main leisure activities on weekdays was sleep, but playing computer games on weekends. Second, leisure activities differed according to general characteristics of Taekwondo players in middle and high school. In school, as for middle school students, sports was the most preferred leisure activity, followed by sleep, listening to music and computer games. As for middle school students, on weekdays, rest was the most preferred leisure activity, followed by sleep, computer games and listening to music. And as for high school students, sleep was the most preferred leisure activity, followed by listening to music, computer games and rest. As the results of analyzing leisure activities according to general characteristics of middle school students, leisure activities differed depending on gender and the amount of pocket money, and as for high school students, depending on the amount of pocket money. In case of middle school students, on weekends, rest was the most preferred leisure activity, followed by sleep, computer games and listening to music. And as for high school students, sleep was the most preferred leisure activity, followed by listening to music, computer games and rest. Third, life satisfaction of Taekwondo players in middle and high school was 2,88 on average, which means low satisfaction. Among items of satisfaction, living satisfaction was relatively high as 3.16. On the other hand, satisfaction of living condition and other items were below 3, which means low satisfaction. But, there was no difference in life satisfaction of middle and high school students. As the results of analyzing difference in life satisfaction according to leisure activities of Taekwondo players in middle and high school, life satisfaction differed depending on their partners for leisure activities. When spending spare time with friends or coworkers, life satisfaction was the highest. And life satisfaction was the lowest when spending alone.