A Study on Leisure Constraints and Leisure Negotiation of Road Running

• Main Authors: WANG, YAN-YU, 王嬿語
• Other Authors: LIU, JUI-SHIANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/799ttw

碩士 === 靜宜大學 === 觀光事業學系 === 106 === Leisure refers to the activitiy that an individual can chose vulantarily. Through these leisure activities, the participants can have relaxation and satisfaction. However, leisure constraints may appear when individuals pursuit leisure activities. There are internal, interpersonal, constuctual constrains. The participants have to overcome internally, then interpersonally, finally constuctually. The participants need to adopt coping strategies to reduce constraints in order to successfully take part leisure activities. These strategies include time management, financial management, skill improvement, relationship management and others. This study aims to explore leisure constraints and its rlated coping strategies of runners in order to provide recommendation to organizers of running events. A purposeful sampling method was used to collect data. Twenty-one in-depth interviews and focus group of 19 subjects were conducted. This study found that runners have internal, interpersonal, constuctual leisure constrains. They utilized coping strategies to overcome these constraints. These coping strategies include time management, financial management, skill improvement, relationship management and others. When runners have internal contrants, they use time management, skill improvement, and determination to overcome. When they have interpersonal constraints, they use relationship management to overcome. When they have constuctual constraints, whey use all the above strategies. The results of this study reveal leisure constraints and coping strategies of runners. The event organizers can assist the runners to overcome their constraints in order to enjoy this activity.