• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.152-161
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to establish a model for the structural relationship between the participation motivation and flow experience, self-achievement and life satisfaction in windsurfers. The subjects in this study were 206 selected male and female adults who windsurfed on a beach in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon Province. The statistical packages SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 16.0 were used to conduct the statistical analysis of the collected data. First, the participation motivation of the windsurfers exercised a significant influence on their flow experience(t=18.156, p<.001). Second, the participation motivation of the windsurfers had a significant impact on their self-achievement(t=19.848, p<.001). Third, the participation motivation of the windsurfers affected their life satisfaction in a significant way(t=8.219, p<.001). Fourth, the flow experience of the windsurfers impacted on their self-achievement in a significant manner (t=9.769, p<.001). Fifth, the flow experience of the windsurfers had no significant impact on their life satisfaction(t=16.033, p<.001). Sixth, the self- achievement of the windsurfers didn't exert any significant influence on their life satisfaction(t=17.438, p<.001). The findings of this study can be used to help windsurfers improve their quality of life.