Abstract
Abstract This investigation is an attempt to assess the relationship between selected variables of personality and leisure activity preferences using multivariate statistical procedures. The Leisure Activity Questionnaire was used to collect data on the preferences of 139 high school students for 24 leisure activities. The Personality Research Form (PRF), based on Murray's Need-Press Theory, provided scores which measured 14 personality needs relevant to a wide variety of human functioning. The data were analyzed using three multivariate statistical procedures: canonical analysis, factor analysis, and discriminant analysis. Selected variables of personality were found to be significantly related to leisure activity preferences. These results lend support to the notion that different leisure activities appear to attract individuals with different needs. Four factors of independent dimensions of leisure activity were extracted from the data. Three of the factors, outdoor-nature, sports, and aesthetic-sophis...
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