The Effects of Travel Photographers’ Personality Traits, Leisure Involvement, Flow Experience on Subjective Well-being

• Main Authors: LIU, YI-CHUN, 劉怡君
• Other Authors: LIN, CHIN-TIEN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7v3au5

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班 === 107 === Travel and photography are inextricably linked with each other. Travelers always attempt to record every detail of their journey, about which the travelers may reminisce in the future. This study aims to explore and discuss: how travel photographers’ personality traits, leisure involvement, and experience of “flow” in their work affects their sense of subjective wellbeing; the effect of travel photographers’ personality traits on their sense of subjective wellbeing; the effect of travel photographers’ experience of “flow” in their work on their sense of subjective wellbeing; the effect of travel photographers’ leisure involvement on their sense of subjective wellbeing, and the effect of travel photographers’ personality traits, experience of “flow” in their work, and leisure involvement on their sense of wellbeing. Measurement instruments included the following five components: the Scale for Personality Traits, the Scale for Leisure Involvement, the Scale for “Flow” Experience, the Scale for Subjective Wellbeing, and individual demographic variables. This study employed purposive sampling, and distributed questionnaires on-line. Questionnaires were distributed in March and April, 2019. Statistical methods included descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis. This study found that significant difference in subjective wellbeing can be observed in terms of “age”, “marital status”, “occupation”, and “monthly expenses on photography soft-ware and components for cameras”. In terms of personality traits, predictors for travel photographers’ subjective wellbeing included neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Extraversion and neuroticism had strongest effects. In terms of travel photographers’ leisure involvement, “self-expression” predicted travel photographers’ subjective wellbeing. In terms of travel photographers’ experience of “flow” in their work, “concentration and feedback”, and “loss of self-consciousness” predicted travel photographers’ subjective wellbeing. Travel photographers’ personality traits, which include neuroticism and extraversion; leisure involvement, which includes attraction and self-expression; and experience of “flow” in their work, which includes concentration and feedback, predicted their subjective wellbeing. Based on the final research results, the study provides constructive recommendations and serves as a reference for the tourism sector and people who work in the travel industry.