2014, Vol.38, No.6

Journal of Tourism Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.7

pISSN : 1226-0533 / eISSN : 2713-6388
https://journal.kci.go.kr/JTS

With the increasing variety of motivations for visitors to mega events, still there remain intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural constraints. The purpose of this study is two-fold: The first is to analyze structural relationships between the motivations and constraints; the second is to explore the differences of structural relationships as it pertains to the’ means’ in tourists' motivations and constraints according to Plog's personality types. A total of 291 survey questionnaires were collected from visitors to 2012 Yeosu Expo, usable questionnaires totaled 262 for the data analyses. Results showed that the best fit of the structure model was the one which showed the relationships between the three latent variables of motivations and the second order of constraints comprising intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints. It was found that there were no significant differences in the structural relationships by visitors' personality types. Additionally, the ‘novelty-seeking’ motivations only were differentiated in the mean differences of latent variables by visitors' personality type. The findings from this study enrich theoretical development on structural relationships between motivations and constraints and contribute to mega event marketers’ know-how.

The trend of foreigners to Korea can be witnessed in the Korean men marry immigrant women. The fusion of cultures through interracial marriage is complex. This research aims to examine the impact of leisure activity on cultural adjustment; proficiency and use frequency of Korean language on leisure activity and cultural adjustment. A survey for this research was conducted with a sample of 343 married immigrant women from multi-cultural families living in Seoul and the capital region. SPSS 18.0 and LIMDEP 8.0 were used for analysis. Results indicated firstly that the classification of 'family activity', 'cultural experience activity' and 'hobby activity' has a significantly positive (+) influence on married immigrant women’s’ adjustment to Korean culture. Secondly, for the married immigrant women's group which indicated a high proficiency and usage of the Korean language, 'family activity', 'cultural experience activity' and 'hobby activity' were the most influential categories; while for those with a low language proficiency, 'family activity' and 'cultural experience activity' have a significant positive (+) influence on adjustment to Korean culture.

This study examined the expected effect of food leisure-therapy programs on decreasing school violence in adolescents. The study also explored the differences in perception on propensity for school bullying according to an eating habit in order to develop the food therapy program. Data were collected from 243 students from KSCHS (Korea Science of Cookery High School) in Kyonggi city in 2012. Results show the food therapy program is effective in preventing school violence. The highest coefficient was ‘friendship support’ after making the food, followed by ‘creating a well-being menu’. There were few positive effects on the eating habit on a possibility of prevention of school violence with healthy good eating habits. The study found it advantageous to combine a food-therapeutical leisure program with a changing dietary life attitude.