The Relationship among Leisure Involvement, Leisure Benefits, and Happiness of Elementary Schoolteachers in Tainan County

We examined the relationships among leisure involvement, leisure benefits, and happiness from the perspective of elementary schoolteachers. The results of independent sample t-test show that the male teachers in participating in leisure activities reaches a significant difference compared to female teachers including leisure involvement, leisure benefits and happiness. From the one-way ANOVA results indicated that the elementary schoolteachers have significant differences in ages and job position variables for leisure involvement and in teaching years and job position for leisure benefits. Finally, the elementary schoolteachers have significant differences in education, teaching years, and job position for happiness. Leisure involvement and leisure benefits most strongly predict the happiness of elementary schoolteachers.