생활무용 참여노인들의 여가몰입이 여가정체성과 심리적 행복감에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study objected 275 elderly who were participating in life dances at a senior center located in S City, and aimed at verifying applicability of a life dance program as elderly`s leisure activities for making healthy life by searching for and verifying about which relations were existed between leisure identity and psychological happiness according to the leisure flow, and thus contributing to popularization of the program. For achiev-ing research purposes, this study carried out frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Conclusions having been gotten from theses analyses are same as follows. First, there were positive correlations among variables such as life dance participation elderly`s leisure flows, leisure identity, and psychological happiness. Second, cognitive engagement and behavior one of leisure flows in life dance participation elderly showed positive influences to identification of leisure identity, esteem, and emotional affection equally. Third, cognitive engagement and behavior one of leisure flows in life dance participation elderly displayed as affecting positive influences to flow experiences of psychological happiness, confidence, and pleasure. Fourth, identification of leisure identity in life dance participation elderly, esteem, and emotional affection was came out as affecting positive influences to flow experiences of psychological happiness and confidence, and identified emotional affection to pleasure of psychological happiness and self-realization.