| Abstract: | A purpose of this study was to explore the condition of leisure participation and leisure constraints for the adolescents in Taichung,and also to analyze the differences among different adolescent’s background factors in leisure participation and leisure constraints.This study method applied questionnaire, with 569 adolescents.The main empirical results obtained through descriptive statistics, independent t-test ,one-way ANOVA and Pearson’s Correlation analysis are as follows:
1. The leisure activities that adolescents in Taichung in most is the “amusement type ” . And the following are the “social type ”、 “sport type ”、“knowledge-culture type ” and “ outdoor-activity type ”. The top five leisure activities which adolescents in Taichung area really participate in were: surfing the net (material searching) , listening to music, watching TV, chatting, playing sports.
2. The leisure constraints that adolescents in Taichung in most is the “Structural Constraints” . And the following are the “Intrapersonal Constraints”and “Interpersonal Constraints”.
3. Under the different backgrounds, the leisure participation among gender, area of residence, grades, family patterns, participation in weekly leisure time, casual partners, monthly allowance, mobile phone usage had significant differences.
4. Under the different backgrounds, the leisure constraints among gender, area of residence, school type , casual partners, monthly allowance, mobile phone usage had significant differences.
Key words: leisure participation, leisure constraints, adolescents |
