本研究旨在探討衝浪參與者休閒涉入、遊憩專門化與心流體驗之關係研究,並瞭解不同背景變項之衝浪參與者在休閒涉入、遊憩專門化與心流體驗之差異情形。本研究採用問卷調查法進行資料的收集與分析,研究對象為台灣北、中、南、東部海岸之衝浪者,以立意抽樣的方式抽取樣本。資料分析共計發放 350 份正式問卷,回收有效樣本數共 302 份,有效回收率為 86%,所得資料經描述性統計、獨立樣本 t 檢定、單因子變異數分析、典型相關分析、多元逐步迴歸分析等方法進行資料分析,結論摘述如后:衝浪參與者以男性居多,年齡介於 21-30 歲最多,婚姻狀態以未婚居多,教育程度以大學最多,職業以工商業居多,月收入金額以 3萬5千至5萬元最多。另結果顯示,衝浪參與者之休閒涉入、遊憩專門化及心流體驗,不同個人背景變項在性別、年齡、職業、及月收入上皆有顯著差異,顯示休閒涉入、遊憩專門化及心流體驗,會因為參與者的背景不同而有所差異。透過典型因素分析顯示,衝浪參與者休閒涉入與衝浪遊憩專門化之間有正向相關存在,顯示當參與者休閒涉入愈高時,則遊憩專門化的程度愈高;衝浪參與者休閒涉入、遊憩專門化能有效預測心流體驗。
This study investigated the relationships among leisure involvement, recreation specialization, and flow experience in surfing and whether the leisure involvement, recreation specialization, and flow experience of the surfers varied with their background variables. We adopted a questionnaire survey and purposive sampling to collect data from surfers on the northern, central, southern, and eastern coasts of Taiwan. A total of 350 formal questionnaires were distributed, among which 302 valid samples were recovered, thereby accounting for a valid recovery rate of 86%. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-tests, one-way ANOVA, canonical correlation analysis, and multiple stepwise regression analysis were employed to analyze the data. The primary findings of this study were as follows. In terms of gender, age, marital status, educational background, occupation, and monthly income, the largest groups were male, between 21 and 30 years of age, single, college graduates, industry or commerce, and between NTD 35,000 and NTD 50,000, respectively. Furthermore, the leisure involvement, recreation specialization, and flow experience of the surfers varied significantly with gender, age, occupation, and monthly income, which means that the leisure involvement, recreation specialization, and flow experience of the surfers vary with their background. The results of the canonical factor analysis presented a positive canonical correlation between the leisure involvement of surfers and the recreation specialization of surfing; greater leisure involvement in the participants corresponded to a greater degree of recreation specialization. The leisure involvement and recreation specialization of surfers can be used to effectively predict their flow experience.