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The purpose of the present study was to determine whether international students in Japan ceased or reduced participation in leisure activities in which they regularly participated in their home country before coming to Japan. The study employed a nonexperimental descriptive design. A self-administered survey was distributed to 174 international exchange students in a private university in western Japan. Seventy-eight students (45%) returned a completed survey. Data were analyzed with SPSS pc, using frequency, chi-square, t-test, and correlation analysis. The results indicated 62.8% of respondents had ceased or reduced participation in leisure in Japan. The most common reasons for ceasing or reducing included no opportunity, doing too many other things, cost too much, and school commitments. Further analysis revealed age, housing, Japanese language ability (JLA), gender, and former overseas experiences were associated with at least one reason for ceasing or reducing participation in leisure in Japan. Activity based analysis indicated reasons for ceasing or reducing participation varied depending on the activities students ceased or reduced. Among respondents who ceased or reduced participation, 28 .3 % were very frustrated in this regard, and 71. 7 % did not mind.

Year of Submission

2004

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services

First Advisor

Samuel Lankford

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Date Original

2004

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en

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