청소년 여가실태 및 여가장애수준에 관한 연구

A Study on the Situation and Barrier Level in Youth Leisure Activity

청소년기의 여가활동은 자기성취감과 안녕감을 위한 중요한 요소이다. 청소년기는 아동기에서 성인기로 넘어가는 과도기로서 신체적, 성적 성숙으로 인한 내적 충동과 성인기를 준비하는데 따르는 과업과 문제들로 정신적, 정서적 불안 등의 어려움을 겪는다. 이 시기의 청소년들은 건전한 여가활동을 통하여 신체적, 정서적 발달을 꾀할 수 있으며 또래들과 함께 여가활동에 참여함으로써 원만한 대인관계를 형성할 수 있는데 이처럼 청소년기의 여가활동은 개인적 성장, 자아존중감의 형성 그리고 인성계발을 위해 중요하다. 그럼에도 불구하고 우리사회의 청소년 여가활동에 대한 관심은 크지 않다. 주변에서 어렵지 않게 볼 수 있듯이 청소년들은 우리사회의 상업주의적 물결에 휩쓸리면서 여가와 본질과는 거리가 먼 향락적이고 비생산적인 여가활동으로 적지 않은 사회적 문제를 발생시키고 있다. 본 연구는 첫째, 청소년들의 여가활동실태를 파악하고, 둘째, 청소년 여가문화시설에 대한 만족도와 청소년들이 원하는 여가활동시설을 알아보며 셋째, 청소년들이 여가활동을 하는데 있어서 장애수준을 파악한다. 이를 통해 여가장애의 최소화와 함께 바람직한 여가문화의 정착 그리고 효과적인 여가정책수립을 위한 시사점을 제시한다.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the actual situation of leisure activities for the youth and try to get some information as to the degree of satisfaction with their leisure activities in Daejon. Analysis was based on the degree of leisure activities barriers. The subjects of study consisted of male and female students in the second grade of high schools in Daejon. I verified the data within ±5% limitation rage after the SAS program was used for handling for statistical data collected. The chi-square analysis was used for handling for the viewpoint and actual situation of the leisure activities for the youth, and T-test and one-way ANOVA were applied for the analysis of barrier to leisure activities. The conclusions of the analysis from these data about actual situation and the level of barrier to the leisure activities for the youth are as follows. First of all, they have the immature viewpoint that the leisure is just a spending extra time freely and taking a rest. The leisure is one of the essential facts for getting rid of their stress and escaping from their routine life. Second, the statistics show that the youth spend their leisure under 3 hours on the leisure activities on weekdays and 3.42 hours on weekends. And they make use of their leisure around 2 hours with family. They mainly spend their expenses to meet their friends and for leisure to have a snack with friends and they get some information of leisure through the mass media. Third, the youth spend lots of time on the TV and computer (internet, chatting). They use frequently facilities of public amusement and inspection. However, their favorite leisure activities are sports, expressional and sentimental activities and part-time job by order if the have enough time to spend for leisure. Forth, generally they have a tendency to be discontented with their leisure facilities. Especially, the survey says that girls tend to more dissatisfactory than boys do. Fifth, the youth have some personal and psychological problems. The level of leisure barrier related to preference and participation of leisure is not that high but the level of the structural barrier in a subordinate domain is somewhat high. To solve the these problems, it is asked that open-education and the development of programs for the various leisure activities is expanded and improved to offer better welfare service in community and to encourage the leisure activities of the youth.