PERCEIVED FREEDOM IN LEISURE AND SATISFACTION - EXPLORING THE FACTOR STRUCTURE OF THE PERCEIVED FREEDOM COMPONENTS OF THE LEISURE DIAGNOSTIC BATTERY

The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure among th e five component measures of perceived freedom in leisure within the L eisure Diagnostic Battery. Matrixes of correlations from three previou s studies were subjected to confirmatory factor analysis procedures. T he three studies included samples of adolescents, young adults, and mi d-life adults. Results provided support for the existence of a perceiv ed freedom factor, as hypothesized, but they also pointed to the appro priateness of considering a second, correlated factor that may be inte rpreted as a global need approach to leisure satisfaction. On the basi s of these results, a global need leisure satisfaction scale is propos ed.