스쿼시 운동 참여수준에 따른 참여동기와 여가만족의 관계연구

Abstract

ABSTRACT

A Study on Relationship between Participation Motives and Leisure Satisfaction by Participation Level in Squash

Ryu Gong-Sun Advisor : Prof. Song Chae-Hoon Ph. D Department of Community sports & Leisure Graduate School of Chosun University

This study analyzes demographic and active characteristics of squash clubmen according to activation of squash as a part of sports for all and aims to examine relationship between motivation for participation in squash exercise and participants' leisure satisfaction by participation level. To accomplish these goals, total 380 questionnaires were distributed to members of 5 squash centers in Gwangju city by means of random sampling and 363 data (95.5) excluding 17 data showing unfaithful or unreliable responses were analyzed with statistical program SPSS 15.0. Reliability of measuring instruments used for analysis (α=.918~.788) was found applicable to the purposes of research and for examining general characteristics of subjects, frequency analysis was conducted, t-test and one-way ANOVA were performed to examine difference between participation level and motive according to demographic characteristics and post-test method by Tukey was used to know mean difference among groups. Finally, multiple regression was used for verifying influence of leisure satisfaction depending on participation motive of independent variables. Statistical significance level was set to 5%. As a result of the above research and data analysis, the following conclusions are obtained. First, it was found that there were significant difference in health- and sociality-orientation among sub-factors of participation motives by sex and two factors showed higher recognition of health and social functions in men than in women. Second, there were significant differences in sub-factors of participation motives by age and in particular, self-development factor was more highly recognized in groups in their twenties and thirties and below twenties than in group over forties. Third, there were significant differences in sub-factors of participation motives such as self-development and health orientation and participation hours and intensity showed significant differences from all sub-factors of participation motives such as self-development, health- and sociality-orientation, hobby and entertainment. Fourth, self-development factor of participation motive had significant influences on all variables of leisure satisfaction including psychology, education, physiology, facility, rest and social satisfaction. Health-oriented factor had influence on psychology, physiology and social satisfaction, sociality-oriented factor had significant influence on physiology and facility satisfaction and finally hobby and entertainment factors had significant influence on education, facility, rest and social satisfaction. Therefore, leisure satisfaction by participation in squash exercise had a very affirmative influence and it is considered that related associations and clubs must make efforts to extend general public's participation in squash exercise.