중년기 여성의 여가경험과 여가만족, 가족레질리언스, 삶의 질의 구조적 관계

The Structural Relationships among Leisure Experience, Leisure Satisfaction, Family Resilience, and Quality of Life in Middle-aged Women

The purpose of this study is to find out how middle-aged women’s leisure experience contribute to their leisure satisfaction and family resilience, by executing structural equation modeling (SEM) and confirming the significance of its structure. To achieve the purpose of this study, 337 middle-aged women who lived in Daegu & Gyeongbuk and Busan & Gyeongnam were analyzed. The survey period spanned from August 2017 to October of the same year. The results of data analysis are as follows: First, it was confirmed that middle-aged women’s leisure experience had significant positive (+) effects on leisure satisfaction, showing that the higher the leisure experience, the higher the leisure satisfaction. Second, it was found that middle-aged women’s leisure satisfaction had significant positive (+) effects on their family resilience. Third, it was found that middle-aged women’s leisure satisfaction had significant positive (+) effects on their quality of life. Lastly, it was found that middle-aged women’s family resilience had significant positive (+) effects on their quality of life. As an additional analysis, the indirect effects of leisure satisfaction exerted on the quality of life through family resilience were analyzed, and were found to be statistically significant. The results of this study will contribute to theoretical progress, in that it attempted to explore the relationship between middle-aged women’s family resilience and quality of life through empirical research. Therefore, the results of this study will have value as grounded theory that can be applied to the strengthening of family capabilities to overcome conflicts and crisis among family members, establish family resources, and effectively cope with stress.