Students motivating factors in choosing leisure activities

Object: Students motivation on choosing leisure activities. Problem: What motivation factors determine students choise of leisure activities, how to promote them to choose more active forms of activities. In this bachelor thesis questions being solved are : how to characterize leisure and motivation, what is the meaning of leisure to individual, what effects affects choosing leisure, what are students on choosing leisure, what measures can be used to promote students to chose more active leisure activities. Purpose: to identify motivating factors in choosing leisure. Tasks: 1. Analyze the theoretical concept of leisure and motivation. 2. Reveal recreational importance of the individual and the business. 3. Explaining the motivation to self-determination theory in the assessment of leisure choice of motivating factors. 4. Investigate the determinants of students' motivation in choosing leisure. Methods: literature analysis, questionnaire survey, descriptive statistical analysis of the data. Summarizing the results of the study it showed that the respondents prefer more passive than active forms of leisure, respondents consider that there is not enough outdoor activities, students often prefer passive recreation area to take a break from studying , but regardless of the leisure time activities of their choice is determined by the strongest motivating factor - internal motivation to know , and the least - amotivation . Thus, it can be said that apathy for outdoor activities among the students is also common, however , amotivation is weaker than internal and external motivation. The investigation revealed insufficient opportunities for active leisure time for recreation are not adapted to such infrastructure , it is recommended to expand the bike trails and jogging paths network , not only in the center of Kaunas, but also in other urban neighborhoods of the city. To analyze the current state of the infrastructure and on the financial resources to reconstruct stadiums , parks , parks and recreation areas near populated places students as enabling students to engage in becoming more active. Public health with the responsible authorities, organizations and other interested community groupsn are recommended that the educational measures , informing the public and especially the youth , about benefits of outdoor and activities to the one‘s health and working capacity