A Study of Leisure Participation, Leisure Benefits and Life Satisfaction for Elderly Citizens－Taking Taiwan Anti-Aging Gymnastic Association as an Example

• Main Authors: Shu-Ting Ho, 何淑渟
• Other Authors: Cheng-Jong Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nxchuh

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 運動事業管理學系 === 102 === According to the definition provide by the World Health Organization, the people aged 65 and above are called the elderly or seniors. Since population aging is an unavoidable trend, caring for the elderly and valuing the elderly have become an important direction and indicator of social welfare policies in Taiwan. Relevant units of the government has attached increasing importance to economic, medical and family aspects, as well as the issues concerning the leisure, education, entertainment, psychology, care and social adaptation of the elderly. There are more and more studies on leisure activities of the elderly in Taiwan as well. According to the provision of senior educational institutes such as Elderly Community college and Evergreen Academy, anyone who is over 55 years old can enroll in the classes, this research focuses on the members of Taiwan Anti-aging Gymnastics Association who are over 55 years old. The research tools included “Leisure participation scale,” “leisure benefit scale” and “life satisfaction scale.” This study distributed 350 questionnaires, and 305 valid questionnaires were returned, with a valid return rate of 88.9%. After the questionnaires were returned, the researcher reviewed the items one by one. After the invalid questionnaires were excluded, there were a total of 271 valid questionnaires. This study performed descriptive statistical analysis, reliability analysis, validity analysis, structural equation modeling and one-way ANOVA. The results of the statistical analysis showed that: 1) leisure participation of the elderly has a positive effect on their life satisfaction; 2) leisure benefits of the elderly have a positive effect on their life satisfaction; 3) leisure participation of the elderly has a positive effect on their life satisfaction. This study investigated the correlation among three factors, leisure participation, leisure benefits and life satisfaction, as well as to integrate a complete framework, from the perspective of the elderly, in order to clarify the factors affecting the life satisfaction of the elderly. It is hoped that the research results can be provided as reference for the enrichment of knowledge in relevant fields.