The Study of the Occupational Stress Reflecting on Recreational Participation in Taiwan

The study established an occupational stress scale to measure the awareness of occupational stress and a measurement for recreational participation. During the data collection process, the researcher applied survey to investigate occupational stress and the recreational participation types, levels, formats, interactions and the awareness of fitness .

The research studied the 11 types of occupations and selected 609 subjects. The results of this study are: 1.Among demographic variables, the educational levels significantly influenced the awareness of occupational stress. The working years are also significantly influenced the awareness of occupational stress. 2.The demographic variables also make significantly differences on recreational participation when they would like to reduce occupational stress. 3.The awareness of the occupational stress is also influenced the recreational participation in reducing the occupational stress.