The effects of leisure education on life satisfaction and leisure satisfaction among Japanese American older adults

Abstract

Specific leisure education programs for Japanese American older adults were planned based on the data from the Screening for Leisure Education Services-B assessment. Subjects (N = 30) were randomly selected from the Japanese Retirement Home, Los Angeles, California. All subjects were interviewed to measure the degree of life satisfaction and leisure satisfaction utilized by the Life Satisfaction Index-Z and the Leisure Satisfaction Scales. The degree of life satisfaction and degree of leisure satisfaction were moderately related to each other (r = .32 at .1 level). Fifteen residents attended 10 sessions of a leisure education program over a 5 week time period. The leisure education sessions had an effect on the degree of life satisfaction (t = 3.78 at .001 level). The leisure education sessions also had an effect on the degree of leisure satisfaction (t = 7.61 at .001 level).