臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

ABSTRACT
This study explored the role and significance that leisure activities have in the lives of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. A quantitative research method was adopted for this study to investigate the relationships between the constructs and variables. The study utilized a questionnaire that focused on specific socio-demographic characteristics of participants. Particular attention was also paid to the perception of constraints in the immigrant women daily leisure activities that were categorized into three groups: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints. At the same time, their satisfaction yielded from leisure activities was addressed. This research applied the Leisure Satisfaction Scale developed by Beard and Ragheb (1980), providing measurement standards for determining leisure satisfaction. And finally, the study also examined the perception of Vietnamese immigrant women of life satisfaction of overall which was based on six dimensions of life satisfaction (Mahnaz Kousha and Navid Mohseni, 1996).
A sample of 400 Vietnamese marriage immigrants was recruited in Tainan areas, the south of Taiwan. Pearson correlations and a series of regression analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0 to test seven hypotheses. The results indicated that Vietnamese immigrant women have faced a great deal of constraints in their leisure time. However, this research found that Vietnamese brides have high satisfaction of leisure activities and life in Taiwan as the whole.

ABSTRACT
This study explored the role and significance that leisure activities have in the lives of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. A quantitative research method was adopted for this study to investigate the relationships between the constructs and variables. The study utilized a questionnaire that focused on specific socio-demographic characteristics of participants. Particular attention was also paid to the perception of constraints in the immigrant women daily leisure activities that were categorized into three groups: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints. At the same time, their satisfaction yielded from leisure activities was addressed. This research applied the Leisure Satisfaction Scale developed by Beard and Ragheb (1980), providing measurement standards for determining leisure satisfaction. And finally, the study also examined the perception of Vietnamese immigrant women of life satisfaction of overall which was based on six dimensions of life satisfaction (Mahnaz Kousha and Navid Mohseni, 1996).
A sample of 400 Vietnamese marriage immigrants was recruited in Tainan areas, the south of Taiwan. Pearson correlations and a series of regression analyses were conducted using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0 to test seven hypotheses. The results indicated that Vietnamese immigrant women have faced a great deal of constraints in their leisure time. However, this research found that Vietnamese brides have high satisfaction of leisure activities and life in Taiwan as the whole.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I
ABSTRACT II
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
LIST OF TABLE VII
LIST OF FIGURE VIII
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Purpose of Study 2
1.3 Research Questions 3
1.4 Delimitations 4
1.5 Limitations 4
1.6 Research Procedure 5
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.1 Background 6
2.1.1 Why Vietnamese immigrant brides? 6
2.1.2 Vietnamese immigrant women’ leisure experiences 8
2.2 Leisure constraints 10
2.2.1 Definitions of Leisure constraints 10
2.2.2 Leisure constraints experienced by immigrants 12
2.2.3 Classification of leisure constraints 14
2.2.4 The relationship among leisure constraint, leisure participation, leisure satisfaction and socio-demographic variables 16
2.3 Leisure satisfaction 18
2.3.1 Definition of leisure satisfaction 18
2.3.2 The relationships between leisure satisfaction with other variables - The development of hypothesis three 19
2.4 Life satisfaction 21
2.4.1 Definition of Life satisfaction and its dimensions 21
2.4.2 The development of the fourth, fifth and seventh hypothesis 23
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 26
3.1 Conceptual Framework 26
3.2 Construct Measurement 27
3.2.1 Leisure activities and leisure constraints (Question 1-2) 27
3.2.2 The satisfaction in leisure participation and life in Taiwan (Question 3-4) 29
3.2.3 Respondents’ socio-demographic information 30
3.3 Questionnaire design 30
3.4 Sample plan 31
3.5 Questionnaire pre-testing 31
3.6 Hypothesis to be tested 34
3.7 Data analysis 35
3.7.1 Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis 35
3.7.2 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) 36
3.7.3 Multiple Regression Analysis 37
3.8 Special method applied in cross-cultural studies 38
CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS OF DATA 39
4.1 Description of respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics 39
4.2 Reliability Test 42
4.3 Factor Analysis of Leisure Constraints (LC) 43
4.4 Factor Analysis of Leisure Satisfaction (LS) 46
4.5 Hypothesis testing 47
4.5.1 Pearson Correlation Matrix 47
4.5.2 Multi-regression between constructs and variables 53
4.6 Hierarchical Regression of Life Satisfaction 65
4.7 Summary of findings 69
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 72
5.1 Summary of Findings and Discussions 72
5.2 Managerial implications 76
5.3 Contributions of study 77
5.4 Limitations of study and recommendations for future research 78
5.4.1 Limitations 78
5.4.2 Recommendations for further research 80
REFERENCES 81
APPENDIX 91

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