Open AccessThe Relationship between Flow Experience in Leisure and Life Satisfaction in Undergraduates
Author(s) -
Yongmei Hou,
Yuan Jiang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of psychological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2630-5143
DOI - 10.30564/jpr.v2i2.1901
Subject(s) - leisure satisfaction , psychology , life satisfaction , ranking (information retrieval) , balance (ability) , scale (ratio) , stratified sampling , social psychology , action (physics) , medicine , geography , physics , cartography , pathology , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , machine learning , computer science
Objective: To understand the current situation of undergraduates' flow experience in leisure and life satisfaction, and to explore the relationship between the two. Methods: A stratified random sampling method was used to select 781 undergraduates (377 males and 410 females) from 7 colleges and universities in Guangdong Province. They were investigated using the Flow Experience in Leisure Questionnaire (FELQ) and the Youth Life Satisfaction Scale (YLSS). Results: The total scores of FELQ and YLSS of the students in this group are (161.73 ± 19.81) and (174.45 ± 26.50). FELQ's unity of knowledge and action, challenge and skill balance, concentration, grade ranking, family economic status are positively related to YLSS 'life satisfaction (β = .227, .115, .098, .158, .082, P < .05); "Like to sleep during leisure" is negatively correlated with life satisfaction of YLSS (β =-. 097, P <.05); FELQ's unity of knowledge and action, concentration, grade ranking and family economic status are positively related to YLSS's self-satisfaction (β = .286, .126, .194, .096, P <.01); "Like to sleep during leisure” is negatively correlated with YLSS ’s self-satisfaction (β =-. 091, P <.01); FELQ ’s unity of knowledge and action, challenge and skill balance, father’s occupation, “like self-study in leisure” are positively related to YLSS ’environmental satisfaction (β = .198, .131, .075, .073, P <.05); "Like to sleep during leisure", gender and YLSS environment satisfaction negatively correlated (β =-. 094, -.091, P <.01). Conclusion: Flow experience in leisure, types of leisure activities, gender, grade ranking and family factors (family economic status and father's occupation) may be related factors for the development of college students' life satisfaction.