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The Influence of Outdoor Recreational Experiences on Psychological Well-being: Focus on Yachting Participants

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2014, 38(1), pp.99-116
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Lim Jin Sun 1 Bo-Young Moon 2

1연세대학교 스포츠레저학과
2을지대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of psychological well-being through the yachting experience. For this study, a survey was conducted with participants in a yacht show and a yacht race by convenience sampling. 240 survey sheets were gathered in total, but only 192 were used in analysis. To analyse the data, frequency analysis, factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression with SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 8.0 programs were used. The result of this study indicates that the yacht experience affects the psychological well-being of participants. The experienced effect of yacht participants consists of 4 factors; education experience, escapist experience, esthetic experience, and entertainment experience. Education experience and escapist experience had the greatest influence on psychological well-being.

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