Relations of Leisure Life Style and Well-being of Junior High School Students?An Example of Junior High School Students in Central Taiwan.

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Title:	Relations of Leisure Life Style and Well-being of Junior High School Students?An Example of Junior High School Students in Central Taiwan.
Authors:	wu ting wei
Contributors:	Department of International Business
Keywords:	leisure lifestyle;sense of well-being
Date:	2007
Issue Date:	2009-11-16 11:33:46 (UTC+0)
Publisher:	Asia University
Abstract:	Generation changes bring about advancement in material life. However, the sense of well-being is unattainable through money and other material goods because human well-being is an overall feeling of satisfaction. According to ?2004 National Investigation of Junior High School Student Family Misery Index?, the family of junior high school students scored relatively high on the misery index of the dual pressures of ?schoolwork? and ?finance?. Human?s sense of well-being is the product of dedicated human participations and activities. Through work, leisure, exercise and interpersonal interaction, Individuals are able to develop their hidden potentials and satisfy their needs, which further generate senses of joyful accomplishment and personal worth. In addition, the individual?s chosen activity must match the individual?s ability and interest in order to produce the sense of well-being. Therefore, this research has three objectives: understanding junior high school students? leisure lifestyles; investigating correlations between junior high school student population statistic factors and leisure lifestyles; and finding the relationship between junior high school students? leisure lifestyles and sense of well-being. This research?s scope consisted of the junior high school students in the central region. Employing selective sampling method, the research selected participating students from six junior high schools based on their city, county, and town. Among the mailed 703 questionnaires, 577 were effective, and the effective return ratio was 82%. Research results are as follow: 1. Junior high school student's leisure lifestyles can be categorized into five types of sportspersons, health pursuers, tourists, internet enthusiasts, family devotees and socialites. 2. Junior high school students? leisure lifestyles obviously differ by gender, school, grade level, living environment, family structure, parental education, student?s average monthly allowances and their family?s average monthly allowance. 3. Junior high school students? sense of well-being obviously differs by gender, school, grade level, living environment, family structure, parental education, student?s average monthly allowances and their family?s average monthly allowance. 4. Junior high school students? leisure lifestyles positively correlate with their degrees of self-acceptation, individual growth, autonomy, environment control, stable interpersonal relationship, meaning of sense and life goal.
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