title: The relationship of baby boomers' participation motivation in leisure sports with recovery resilience and life satisfaction.
abstract: This study aimed to provide basic materials for resolving the problems of baby boomers, emerging as a social issue by identifying the effect of baby boomers' participation motivation in leisure sports activities on recovery resilience and life satisfaction empirically. Using the convenience sampling method, the subjects were conducted by baby boomer's 323 person lived in Seoul and Gyeong-in, 2012, excluding the missing question paper of 27 person. For accomplishing this purpose of the study, the survey questionnaires were used to collect data. Collected data was processed by factor analysis, reliability analysis, multiple regression, SPSS for Win V 18.0 program. From the analysis of this study, the following conclusion were obtained: First, among participation motivation factors of baby boomers in leisure sports activities, psychological stability and health pursuit had a significant effect on all factors of recovery resilience, while among motivation of personal relationships had a significant effect on the sub-factors of recovery resilience; empathy, optimism, and self-efficacy. Second, among participation motivation factors of baby boomers in leisure sports activities, psychological stability, personal relationships, and health pursuit had a significant effect on life satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise & Health, College of Arts & Physical Education, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Gwang-Uk
authors.initials: GU
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Baby boomer’s; Leisure sport; Life satisfaction; Participation motivation; Recovery resilience