온라인 오락 여가활동이 여가만족, 고독감 및 삶의 질에 미치는 영향: 대학생들을 대상으로

The purpose of this study is on the influence 'on-line' based leisure activities on leisure satisfaction, loneliness and quality of life. The survey was conducted from April 6th to May 1st, 2009. Out of 332 copies of the questionnaire, 317 undergraduates was answered the questions. For statistical data handling, SPSS 13.0 and AMOS 7.0 were used on an exploratory factor analysis,reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and a path analysis. The findings of the study were as follows: First, four factors were extracted as "activities facilitated by on-line based entertainment and leisure information", "activities facilitated by on-line based information retrieval", "escaping from routine" and "activities facilitated by on-line audio/visual content" that had statistically positive effect on respondents' leisure satisfaction. Second, respondents showing higher degree of "loneliness" were more likely to be facilitated for offline leisure activities and activities facilitated by on-line based information retrieval. Third respondents showing higher degree of leisure satisfaction had perceived higher degree of quality of life. In addition, respondents showing higher degree of loneliness had perceived lower degree of quality of life. The results of this study indicated that online leisure activities for entertainment have following implications: online leisure activities are efficient for reducing the level of stress and promoting psychological relaxation. However people who rely their leisure activities on on-line based material have tendency to show negative emotion such as loneliness and depression. Therefore,they should pursue appropriate level of on-line based their leisure activities.