Student life stress and leisure participation

Abstract

Stress is an inevitable part of university life. Understanding students' stress-coping behaviour is a topic of relevance to universities aiming to enhance student satisfaction with campus life and well-being in general. This research examined the dynamic relationships between student stress, anticipated leisure benefits, leisure participation and gender. The results have confirmed that anticipated leisure benefits are significantly related to student participation in leisure activities. While there seems to be no direct relationship between student stress and their leisure participation, perceived leisure benefits were shown to be a strong moderator in such a relationship. In this study, gender played a role in students' leisure-coping strategies.

Keywords:

• gender
• leisure activity participation
• leisure benefits
• student life stress
• University students

Notes on contributors

Xinran Y. Lehto (email: [email protected]), PhD, Associate Professor at School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Ounjoung Park (email: [email protected]), PhD, Assistant Professor at Department of Tourism Management, Jeju National University, Jeju City, Korea.

Xiaoxiao Fu (email: [email protected]), PhD. Candidate at School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

Gyehee Lee (email: [email protected]), PhD, Professor, College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.