실존적 여가활동과 삶의 질의 관계 분석 - 자기정체성과 장소정체성을 중심으로 - = How leisure promotes quality of life?: Impact of Subjective Frequency of Leisure, Ego-Identity, and Place Identity

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This paper developed a structural model explaining leisure participants' quality of life on an existential level. To do this, previous research on the effects of subjective frequency, ego-identity, and place identity were examined. Data were collected through a field survey of 469 leisure participants in Seoul. Findings from structural analysis indicate a good fit for the proposed model; frequency of leisure, ego-identity, and place identity in the leisure participants have significant associations affecting quality of life; and ego identity acted as significant mediators. The results of the partial least square structural equation modeling analysis revealed that the frequency of leisure and the ego identity directly and positively affected the quality of life. The structural model was also examined across two groups based on participant' level of place identity (Group 1: Leisure participant with high level of place identity; Group 2: Leisure participant with low level of place identity). In general, support for the hypothesized moderating impact of place identity in the proposed model was evident in the results of the metric-invariance test. The study made new contributions to the literature on self-development through leisure activities and the moderating effects of place identity