Department of Tourism, Shih Hsin University, Taipei City 116, Taiwan.
School of Construction, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Aug 26;18(17):9015. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179015.
Promoting successful aging strategies through well-reasoned caregiving programs is, and should be, one of the main objectives of many government policies and their implementing agencies. Well-being has been considered an important indicator of successful aging. Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within well-being research, few studies have made the connection between leisure participation as accepted behavior and subjective well-being in senior citizens. This study proposed to examine the applicability of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) in explaining senior citizens' decision-making processes in terms of leisure participation behavior and the effect of such behavioral engagement on subjective well-being. The respondents were senior citizens in Taiwan who played gateball and were aged 60 years or older. A total of 595 usable responses were obtained and used to answer the research question. The empirical results indicate that performance expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions are positively and significantly related to senior citizens' gateball participation behavior. In addition, gateball participation behavior had a positive and significant effect on respondents' subjective well-being. The results of this study not only extend the application of UTAUT in terms of participation behavior in leisure activities, but also can provide gateball associations and government entities a theoretical model for developing and promoting gateball programs which serve or involve the elderly, as well as helping older adults to pursue satisfactory levels of wellbeing.
通过合理的护理计划来促进成功老龄化战略，是并且应该是许多政府政策及其执行机构的主要目标之一。幸福感一直被认为是成功老龄化的一个重要指标。休闲是生活的一个重要领域，也是整体幸福感的核心组成部分。然而，在幸福感研究中，很少有研究将休闲参与作为一种被接受的行为与老年人的主观幸福感联系起来。本研究旨在检验统一技术接受与使用理论（UTAUT）在解释老年人的休闲参与行为和这种行为参与对主观幸福感的影响方面的适用性。受访者是台湾打门球的 60 岁及以上的老年人。共获得 595 份可用的回复，用于回答研究问题。实证结果表明，绩效期望、社会影响和便利条件与老年人打门球的参与行为呈正相关且显著相关。此外，打门球的参与行为对受访者的主观幸福感有积极且显著的影响。本研究的结果不仅扩展了 UTAUT 在休闲活动参与行为方面的应用，还可以为门球协会和政府实体提供一个理论模型，用于制定和推广服务或涉及老年人的门球项目，帮助老年人追求满意的幸福感水平。
