Abstract

The Purpose of this study was to estimate the internal consistency and test-retest reliability of perception and participation in leisure activities, and to describe these variables, and to investigate the relationship between these variables and selected demographic characteristics among students who live in the region of Seoul and Kyonggi Province. The subjects selected in this study were 750 students who living in the region of Seoul and Kyonggi Province. The Instrument, which evidenced acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability, was formulated by adopting existing instruments and developing new items. The instrument used in this study proved to have high reliability and validity, as a result of conducting a test. This statistical method used this study is percent, frequence, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and correlation analysis. The finding of this study are as follows First, the analysis of the correlation among college students` leisure activity style, their understanding of it and their participation in it produced the following findings: there appeared a correlation between leisure activity pattern and its understanding. And, there also appeared to be a correlation among leisure activity pattern, frequency of participation, and period of participation. Namely, the three variables were all in a close correlation with one another. Second, the followings were the findings about the correlation among demographic variables, leisure activity pattern, its perceptions and participation: there was a significant correlation among leisure activity pattern, demographic variables, understanding of leisure, leisure`s behavioral factor, and participation in leisure activity. Third, the correlation between understanding of leisure and behavioral factors was as follows : the correlation between the two groups was found to be significant. the understanding of leisure showed a significant correlation with behavior factors when the frequency, period and intensity of participation in leisure activities were connected to behavioral factors through understanding of leisure, because the behavioral factors were much affected by it.

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