The Effect of Leisure Participation on the Relationship between the Leisure Satisfaction and Perceived Stress : Perspective of US College Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of leisure satisfaction on perceived stress amongst college students. In addition, the moderating effect of the leisure participation level on the relationship between the two variables was examined. A total of 203 usable surveys were collected from college students at mid-size public southeast university in the United States. The results of this study indicated that leisure satisfaction has a negative impact on perceived stress. For the moderating effect of leisure participation level, leisure satisfaction did not have significant negative impact on perceived stress with high-level leisure participation group, whereas it had significant negative impact on perceived stress with low-level leisure participation. The findings of the study would provide meaningful implications for practitioners at college leisure industry as to how to moderate the level of leisure participation.