Relationship between Leisure Immersion and Life Satisfaction of Marine Leisure Sports Enthusiasts

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between leisure immersion and life satisfaction. The main group considered for this study was marine leisure sports enthusiasts. To conduct this study, a survey in the form of a questionnaire was used. The survey targeted 256 marine leisure sports enthusiasts in 2018. For analysis of the data obtained, SPSS 12.0 statistical program was used. From the use of the software, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability test, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted. This enabled the following findings to be reached. Firstly, results obtained from the study pointed that the leisure lifestyle of marine leisure sports enthusiasts has a positive correlation with leisure immersion and life satisfaction. Secondly, among the leisure lifestyle, family-oriented, rational planning, and work-oriented all had a positive influence on the behavioral immersion, and the sensory pursuit, relationship-oriented, and leisure helplessness all had a positive influence on cognitive immersion. Third, among the leisure lifestyle, family-oriented, relationship-oriented, rational planning, and work-oriented all had a positive influence on the physical activity satisfaction, and family-oriented, sensory pursuit, relationship-oriented, and work-oriented all had a positive influence on rest activity satisfaction, and the family-oriented, rational planning, and leisure helplessness all had a positive influence on social activity satisfaction. In conclusion, it was observed that the leisure lifestyle of marine leisure sports enthusiasts has a positive correlation with leisure immersion and life satisfaction. It was also observed that the leisure lifestyle has a partial influence on leisure immersion, behavioral immersion and cognitive immersion affecting the leisure lifestyle were incompatible with each other. In addition, the leisure lifestyles had a partial impact on life satisfaction, where among them, the leisure lifestyle of family-oriented, relationship-oriented, and work-oriented all had an influence on the life satisfaction