Relationship between Leisure Facilitators and Serious Leisure among Female Korean College Soccer Participants

Abstract

This study identifies the relationship between leisure facilitators and serious leisure of female college soccer participants. To this end, data were collected from a total of 223 surveys from participants in female college soccer participants. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted using SPSS and AMOS program. Frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were performed. All tests were performed using a .05 significance level. The results of this study were as follows. First, intrapersonal facilitators of leisure facilitators had a positive effect on serious leisure. Second, interpersonal facilitators of leisure facilitators had a positive effect on serious leisure. Third, structural facilitators of leisure facilitators had a positive effect on serious leisure.

The Turkish adaptation of leisure facilitator scale: a validity and reliability study

“…In this study, a confirmatory factor analysis was performed in order to validate the three-factor structure that was consisted of 27 items. When the items with low factor loaded value and high error variance (items 6,7,8,10,11,15,16,17,18,19,26) were omitted from the scale and the CFA was reapplied, improvements were spotted in the fit indices ( Table 1). The item factor load values varied between 0.49 and 0.76.…”

“…The survey of the literature on the leisure facilitators reveal the fact that most of the studies date fifteen years back [13,18,19] while the number of studies on the same topic in Turkey is very limited [20,21,22]. In the Turkish case, it is probably due to the lack of an adapted scale to measure the facilitating factors for leisure activity participation.…”

“…The factors such as the demographic characteristics, the education system and institutions that encourage the individuals into activity participation also constitute a significant role [28]. The survey of the research conducted in different demographic settings and different cultures demonstrates that the facilitators can be influenced by the demographic factors and their effects on the individuals can vary [18,19,20,21].…”

Leisurely Participation of Turkish Women's: Constraints and Facilitators

“…18,31 Kang ve ark., tarafından Koreli kadınlar üzerinde yapılan araştırmalarda ise kadınların aktiviteye katılımında "kişisel kolaylaştırıcılar" belirleyici bir rol oynarken, en az etki eden faktörün ise çalışmamızdaki bulgunun aksine "yapısal kolaylaştırıcılar" ol-duğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. 32 "Yapısal kolaylaştırıcıların" para, tesis, sosyoekonomik seviye, cinsiyet, etnik yapı gibi faktörlerle ilişkili olduğu bilinmektedir. 20 Türkiye'de hâlihazırda yaşayan 24 farklı etnik grup, sosyoekonomik anlamda birçok farklılığı barındıran ve cinsiyet farklılıklarının yoğun yaşandığı bir toplumsal yapı bulunmaktadır.…”

The relationship between serious leisure and recreation specialization in sportspeople with and without physical disabilities

“…Given the level of social and psychological benefits provided by sports (Chalip et al, 1984;Eime et al, 2013;Kang et al, 2017), previous studies have investigated various sports practices in specific demographics and used the serious leisure framework to apply to people with physical disabilities (Hutzler et al, 2016), women (Kang et al, 2017), and elderly individuals (Park et al, 2016). The specialization framework itself has been employed on people with disabilities (Freudenberg and Arlinghaus, 2009), women (Nourbakhsh, 2008), and elderly individuals (Ricciardo, 2004).…”