LEISURE TIME IN COMPARISON TO LIFE SATISFACTION LEVEL OF ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY
LEISURE TIME IN COMPARISON TO LIFE SATISFACTION LEVEL OF ADULTS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Leisure time is an integral part of people’s lifestyles. Recreation and proactiveattitude during free time have an impact on physical development of a person with physicaldisability, moreover, foster building self-esteem.Research Aim: The aim of this article is to identify the forms, dimensions and determinants ofleisure behaviour in selected groups of respondents in correlation with the level of satisfactionwith your own life.Method: The research was carried out in the Lublin Province. Two groups of people aged 30–50took part in it: A – with disability and B – control (a total of 262 respondents of both sexes). Thesurvey research used a questionnaire by Bergier and Tomczyszyn modified with the authors’consent and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) adapted by Juczyński.Results: In their preferred leisure activities, the majority of respondents of both groups indi-cated primarily physically passive forms of leisure. Interviewees with a disability participatedsignificantly less frequently in physical recreation and their physical activity was characterisedby a shorter average duration compared to able-bodied respondents. Among the respondents ofboth groups an increase in the level of life satisfaction was noted, as well as the increase in timespent practising various sports and recreational activities.Conclusion: Despite growing public awareness, people with disabilities still prefer passive lei-sure activities. Free time spent in an active manner had a positive influence on the sense of lifesatisfaction for able-bodied people, as well as people with disabilities.

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