The Impact of Marine Sports Experience on Life Satisfaction

Abstract

This study was conducted to find how participants’ experiences in marine sports impact life satisfaction. 391 participants currently living in ‘S’ city of South Choongcheong province in Korea were selected as subjects of this study. The collected data was processed to carry out the frequency analyses, factor analyses, reliability validation, and multiple regression analyses. Results obtained from the study are as follows: First, sub-variables of the ‘Experience’ such as ‘Satisfaction of Experience’, ‘Educational Experience’, ‘Deviant Experience’and ‘Aesthetic Experience’ appeared to have a direct impact upon ‘Satisfaction of Physical Activity’. Second, sub-variables of the ‘Experience’ such as ‘Satisfaction of Experience’, ‘Educational Experience’, ‘Deviant Experience’and ‘Aesthetic Experience’ also appeared to have a direct impact upon ‘Satisfaction of Rest’. Third, sub-variables of the ‘Experience’ such as ‘Satisfaction of Experience’, ‘Educational Experience’, ‘Deviant Experience’ and ‘Aesthetic Experience’ appeared to have a direct impact upon ‘Satisfaction of Social Activity’. Such results suggested that the experiences of participants in marine sports influenced the participants’ life satisfaction. Also, it was identified that the participants’ experiences of marine sports positively impacted the satisfaction of ‘Physical Activity’, ‘Rest’, and ‘Social Activity’ of people.