The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of participation in leisure activities and life satisfaction of college seniors. / The population for the study was all seniors attending the main campus of The Florida State University. The sample consisted of 500 seniors (250 males and 250 females) enrolled full-time (12 credit hours) during the 1985 spring semester, who had attained senior status (at least 90 credit hours), and were non-transfer students. Each participant received the Leisure Participation Scale and the Life Satisfaction Index-A. Useable responses to the questionnaire were received from 303 (62.4%) of the participants--181 females and 122 males. / The results indicated that participation in leisure activities did have a positive correlation with life satisfaction. Leisure participation explained approximately 9.97% of life satisfaction variance. When the six leisure activities categories were analyzed individually, only the categories of social activities and hobbies significantly correlated with life satisfaction. When the data were analyzed by gender, participation in leisure activities related to life satisfaction for females only. / Overall, participation in leisure activities did not significantly correlate with an individual's grade point average. When data for females were analyzed, none of the leisure activity categories related to their grade point average. For males, the leisure category of hobbies negatively correlated with their grade point average, while the leisure activities category of cultural activities had a positive correlation with their grade point average. / Overall, the grade point average of the entire sample did not significantly correlate with their life satisfaction. However, when the six leisure categories were analyzed separately, the categories of social activities and hobbies were significant. / When the data were analyzed by gender, only the grade point average of females significantly correlated with their life satisfaction. Of the six leisure categories, only social activities was statistically significant. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2479. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75856 |
| Contributors | MOSS, LOUISE HAMILTON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 116 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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