Effects of Leisure Motivation on Leisure Satisfaction and Quality of Life in University Students"

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of university students’ leisure motivation on leisure satisfaction and the quality of life and, in order to achieve the purpose of this study, university students currently attending at universities located in Gyeonggi-do were selected as a population. The total data of 324 participants were applied for pragmatic analysis by using convenience sampling methods. Questionnaires were used as a research tool and statistical techniques of t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis were applied to analyze the data. The results were as below.BR First, based on the results of examining the differences in leisure motivation according to individual characteristics, in gender, significant differences were observed only in internal motivation while, with regard to grades, there were no significant differences in all factors. As a results of examining the differences in leisure satisfaction according to individual characteristics, in gender, significant differences in physical and educational satisfaction were observed and with regard to grades, there were no significant differences in all factors. Based on the results of examining the differences in the quality of life according to individual characteristics, no significant differences were observed in gender while there were significant differences in grades. BR Second, as a result of examining the effects of leisure motivation on leisure satisfaction, among the subordinate factors of leisure motivation, internal motivation had positive effects on the all factors of social, emotional, physical, environmental, and educational satisfaction and extrinsic motivation had positive effects on social, emotional, physical, and environmental satisfaction. A motivation had negative effects on social, emotional, physical and environmental satisfaction.BR Third, based on the results of examining the effects of leisure motivation on the quality of life, only internal motivation, a subordinate factor of leisure motivation, had positive effects on the quality of life while amotivation had negative effects.BR Fourth, considering the results of examining the effects of leisure motivation on the quality of life, social, physical, and environmental satisfaction among the subordinate factors of leisure satisfaction had positive effects on the quality of life.BR