Abstract
The purpose of this study were (1) to classify the thirty-three leisure activities from a viewpoint of the student's needs of the outdoor leisure activities and also classify the thirty-four conditions that influence the students to participate in the outdoor leisure activities according to the levels of their importances they thought, (2) to characterize the each type of outdoor leisure activities according to the relationship to the types of the conditions.
The data were collected from the students of T vocational college in Miyagi Prefecture and 765 samples were collected.
The results are summarize as follows:
1) Five outdoor leisure types were classified.They were defined as follows; the type aims at communication with friends and families in nature (Communication Type), the type aims at adventure (Outdoor Adventure Type), the type nature study and enjoyment feeling with nature (Type of Enjoyment Feeling with Nature), the type aims that marine sports (Marine Sport Type), and the type aims at winter sports (Winter Sport Type).
2) Four factors of the conditions were classified as follows; the factor aims at the good facilities and equipments (Factor of Fullness of Facility), the factor aims at good qualities of services (Factor of A Quality of Service), the factor aims at the popularities and the fashions of the activities (Factor of A Popularity and A fashion) and the factor relate to the skills, information, and equipments etc to enjoy activities (Factor of A possession of Skill and Equipment).
3) Communication Type had negative correlation to Factor of Fullness of Facility. Type of Enjoyment Feeling with Nature had negative correlation to Factor of Fullness of Facility. Marine Sport Type had positive correlation to Factor of A popularity and A fashion.
