Open AccessThe Relationship among Leisure Involvement, Leisure Benefits, and Happiness of Elementary Schoolteachers in Tainan County
Author(s) -
Chao-Chien Chen,
Chia-Hsin Cheng,
ShuYi Lin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international research in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-5499
DOI - 10.5296/ire.v1i1.3970
Subject(s) - happiness , psychology , sample (material) , position (finance) , test (biology) , perspective (graphical) , leisure time , significant difference , leisure studies , social psychology , medicine , physical activity , recreation , physical therapy , political science , mathematics , economics , paleontology , chemistry , geometry , finance , chromatography , biology , law
We examined the relationships among leisure involvement, leisure benefits, and happiness from the perspective of elementary schoolteachers. The results of independent sample t-test show that the male teachers in participating in leisure activities reaches a significant difference compared to female teachers including leisure involvement, leisure benefits and happiness. From the one-way ANOVA results indicated that the elementary schoolteachers have significant differences in ages and job position variables for leisure involvement and in teaching years and job position for leisure benefits. Finally, the elementary schoolteachers have significant differences in education, teaching years, and job position for happiness. Leisure involvement and leisure benefits most strongly predict the happiness of elementary schoolteachers