The Role of Leisure Centrality in University Students’ Self-satisfaction and Academic Intrinsic Motivation

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of leisure in undergraduate students’ education. In particular, the study investigated the relationships among leisure centrality, self-satisfaction, and academic intrinsic motivation. Using a sample drawn from university students in Singapore, this study examined a hypothesized structural model. The results showed that leisure centrality had positive effects on both self-satisfaction and intrinsic motivation, and leisure centrality had a mediated relationship with academic intrinsic motivation through self-satisfaction. The findings of this study expand the knowledge of the consequential effects of leisure centrality by observing university students.