Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine to extent those who enjoyed applied dance for life were satisfied with their leisure and lives and how that affect their life satisfaction through the medium of their leisure satisfaction It's basically attempted to justify the value and necessity of applied dance for life as one of physical leisure activities. The subjects in this study were middle-aged women who resided in Seoul ad of 2004. They were ate age of 35 to 55 in Western age and participated in applied dance programs provided by public fitness centers, private gyms and private dance academies. As for leisure and life satisfaction, Lee Jong-gil(l992)'s leisure satisfaction items and Gang Gyeong-bin(l998)'s life satisfaction items were converted into those of five-point Likert scale to serve the purpose of the study. Exploratory factor analytic technique, One-way ANOVA, Multiple Regression analysis, Tukey post hex: test methods were used to solve problems of the study. On the basis of the results, the conclusions were drawn as follows; 1. There is a significant difference in their demographic characteristics on leisure satisfaction 2 There is a significant difference in their demographic characteristics on life satisfaction 3. There is a significant difference in the type of participating in applied dance programs on leisure satisfaction 4. There is a significant difference in the type of participating in applied dance programs on life satisfaction 5. The leisure satisfaction of those who did applied dance for life had a positive impact on life satisfaction In conclusion, applied dance for life enjoyed by middle-aged women exercised an influence on their leisure satisfaction, and there was a positive correlation between their leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction.