Relationships between Leisure Constraint, Leisure Constraint Negotiation, Participation for Chinese Students Studying in Korea

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between leisure constraint, leisure constraint negotiation and leisure participation of Chinese students studying in Korea. A total of 210 respondents, participating in the athletic competition for Chinese students, were selected to conduct this study, using the purposive sampling method. Finally, 194 surveys except 17 respondents, were used for this study. The reliability of the questionnaire was analyzed using Cronbach's α with SPSS 18.0 and the Simple Regression Analysis and Multiple Regression Analysis were conducted. As a result, Main findings were as follows; First, leisure constraint had a positive relationship with leisure constraint negotiation. Specifically, leisure constraint had an influence on 'leisure activity partner search' and 'leisure activity intensity control effort' out of leisure constraint negotiation strategies. Second, leisure constraint had a negative relationship with leisure participation. Third, leisure constraint negotiation had no significant influence on leisure participation.

Comprehensive Analysis of the Relationship Between Leisure Constraints Negotiation and Leisure Participation Within the Korean Context

“…Meanwhile, studies on the relationship between leisure constraint negotiations and participation in leisure have been continuously conducted, and in many studies, significant positive correlations have been observed between the two variables ( Kim, 2008 , 2009 , 2018 ; Choi, 2009 ; Lee and Scott, 2009 ; Choi et al, 2011 ; Choi and Han, 2012 ; Kocak, 2017 ; Kim et al, 2019 ). However, it should also be noted that some studies have either found no significant relationship between the two variables ( Kim and Yoon, 2012 ; Son and Kim, 2014 ), or the results showed a negative relationship between the two variables ( Jin, 2010 ; Han, 2011 ; Kim et al, 2011 ). In addition, looking at the correlation coefficient between the two variables in the above mentioned studies, it was observed to be between −0.20 and 0.77, indicating that the direction and level of the relationship between leisure constraint negotiations and leisure participation are not consistent.…”