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THE EFFECT OF LEARNING STRESS ON LEISURE BENEFITS: LEISURE COPING STRATEGIES VARIABLES AS MODERATORS
Chia-Ming Chang
Dept. of Physical Education, Health & Recreation,
National Chiayi University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan
Tsung-Liang Lin
Dept. of Tourism, Leisure, and Entertainment Management,
Tatung Institute of Technology, Chiayi 600, Taiwan
Kung-Ssu Yang
Dept. Anesthesiology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital
Chiayi 600, Taiwan
Wui-Chiu Mui *
Dept. Anesthesiology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi 600, Taiwan
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Tung-Hsiang Lu
Dept. of Physical Education, Health & Recreation,
National Chiayi University, Chiayi 621, Taiwan
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of learning stress on leisure benefits and analysis the leisure coping strategies have a moderator effect on the between relationship learning stress and leisure benefits. The students of senior high and higher vocational schools in Taiwan were treated as the subjects, and 720 students from eight senior high and higher vocational schools were drawn by cluster sampling. A total of 622 valid samples were retrieved, with a valid return rate of 86.4%. According to the analysis results, when students’ academic stress, parental stress, teacher stress and peer stress are higher, their leisure benefits are lower. Leisure coping strategies show significant moderating effect on relationship between learning stress, parental stress and peer stress and leisure benefits. The findings can serve as reference for future studies.
Keywords: Management, Senior High School, Learning Stress, Leisure Benefits, Leisure Coping Strategies, Moderators