The Study on Characteristics of Recreational Activities Participation during a Long Vacation

The population of this study was the employees whose jobs were regulated by the Labor Standards Law and government employees. The study studied the 11 types of occupations and selected 722 subjects.

The results of this study are: 1.During a vacation, the perception of the pure emotion “acceptance” was highly felt, on the contrast, the perception of the pure emotion “hatred” was scarcely experienced. Within the four types of emotional experience, “relax” was highly perceived；“no special feeling” was scarcely perceived. 2.During a vacation, the perception of exertion in leisure activities, “the same intensity as usual” and “moderate intensity” took most proportion. 3.“Two people or more than two people without special arranged way to join the activity” and “emotional interactions” took the most proportion of the type of the social interactions in leisure activities during a long vacation. 4.Within the characteristics of time distribution , ‘two-days vacation’, ‘official holidays’, ‘do nothing related to work’, ‘little perception of working hours’, the ratio of leisure hours was between 0.05-0.149, ‘moderate perception of leisure hours’ took the most proportion.