DEVELOPING A PROJECT - BASED LEISURE EDUCATION TOWARD OLDER ADULTS’ HAPPINESS
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The purpose of this quasi - experimental research was to study the effect of the project - based leisure education on older adults’ happiness. Samples were 60 older adults (60 - 69 years old) at the Senior Citizen Club in Soi Phetkaseang. They were selected by the happiness evaluation questionnaire and match - paired sampling into experimental and control groups, 30 for each. The research instruments were: 1) the happiness evaluation questionnaire was approved by 5 leisure experts - the content validity (IOC) was in the range of .60 – 1.00, meanwhile the Cronbach alpha coefficient correlation reliability was .81, and 2) the project - based leisure education toward older adults’ happiness was approved by 5 leisure experts - the face validity was in the appropriate level. Data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and t - test.
Findings revealed that: - 1) after attending the leisure education project, the happiness of the experimental group had significant difference before attended at .05 level, and 2) after attending the project, the happiness of the experimental group and the control group had significant differences at the statistical of .05 level. It can be concluded that the project - based leisure education toward older adults’ happiness possessed the appropriateness for further application.
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