| Summary: | 碩士 === 大葉大學 === 管理學院碩士在職專班 === 100 === ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to probe into the effects of recreational sport involvement on health and life satisfaction. The participants were the elderly aged over 55 in Taichung city. This research utilized a purposeful-sampling method, and collected 365 effective questionnaires.
The model was tested by questionnaires and structure equation modeling (SEM). The result revealed that this model runs moderately. The significant discoveries were as follows：
1.The elderly who involve in recreational sport will positively affect health.
2. Health of the elderly will positively affect life satisfaction.
3.Recreational sport involvement will positively affect life satisfaction of the elderly through promoting mental and physical health.
From the result of this research, the most important key factor for the elderly choosing recreational sport involvement was “central”. The aspects in health which the elderly mostly care about was “ physical health”. Life satisfaction of the elderly were most concerned about "emotional state", "social interaction" and "self concept".
The results suggested that the elderly should be more involved in recreational sports in response to the rapidly approaching era of declining birth rate aging society. This will help to promote physical and mental health to enhance life satisfaction and to achieve successful aging.
Key Words: recreational sport involvement, health, life satisfaction.
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