| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 體育學系 === 97 === The purpose of the research is to discuss the relationship between leisure attitude and leisure benefits of cyclists in great Taipei area. Leisure attitude focuses on three dimensions - leisure cognition, leisure affection, and behavioral intention. Leisure benefits discuss four aspects - physiological benefits, psychological benefits, social benefits, and self-realization. The interviewees of the research are cyclists in great Taipei area and the questionnaire survey was conducted with purposive sampling method. Study tools include leisure attitude and leisure benefits scale forms. 494 effective questionnaires are obtained after reviewed, and the data was analyzed with statistics methods of t test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and canonical correlation. The conclusion of the research is abstracted as follows:
1. Cyclists in great Taipei area are mainly male with education level of college/university. The majority occupies in service industry at the age of 21~30 and 31~40. Most marriage statuses are unmarried and the range of average monthly income is between $20,001~$40,000. The major information source is the Internet. Most cyclists have friends and colleagues as companions, and have less than one year cycling experience. The frequency of cycling is usually once a week.
2. Cyclists in great Taipei area have good leisure attitude and there are significant differences between leisure attitude and the background variables of sex, income level, and cycling experience.
3. Cyclists in great Taipei area enjoy great leisure benefits and there are significant differences between leisure benefits and the background variables of sex, education level, income level, cycling experience and frequency.
4. Leisure attitude and leisure benefits have significant positive correlation. Leisure cognition and leisure affection have highest correlation with physiological benefits, and behavioral intention has second highest correlation with social benefits. Other aspects also show positive effects.
5. The descriptive statistics results of the relationship between leisure attitude and leisure benefits show the coefficients of two canonical correlations achieve significant level. Leisure cognition, leisure affection, and behavioral intention are highly correlated with physiological benefits, psychological benefits, social benefits, and self-realization.
The research proves that leisure attitude of cyclists in great Taipei area has positive effect on leisure benefits. We suggest the authorities should encourage people to participate in cycling activities, design suitable routes for participants with different needs, and fulfill cyclists’ needs when doing leisure activities, and therefore enhance leisure benefits, living standard, and life quality of cyclists.
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