1 Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose of the Study 6
1.2 Research Model and Hypotheses 6
1.3 Limitations of the Study 8
1.4 Definition of Terms 9
References 10
2 Literature Review 17
2.1 The Elderly 17
2.2 Status of the Chinese Elderly 19
2.3 Leisure Flow 30
2.4 Leisure Satisfaction 32
2.5 Happiness 35
2.6 Previous Studies 36
References 41
3 Methodology 47
3.1 Research Participants 47
3.2 Research Instrument 48
3.3 Validity Tests 49
3.4 Data Analysis Procedure 55
References 56
4 Results 59
4.1 Demographic Characteristics 59
4.2 Differences in Leisure Flow According to Demographic Characteristics 61
4.3 Differences in Leisure Satisfaction According to Demographic Characteristics 72
4.4 Differences in Happiness According to Demographic Characteristics 83
4.5 Analysis of Correlations Among Demographic Characteristics，Leisure Flow，Leisure Satisfaction and Happiness 85
4.6 Relationship Among Leisure Flow，Leisure Satisfaction and Happiness 86
References 91
5 Discussion 93
5.1 Differences of Leisure Flow According to Social Demographic Characteristics 94
5.2 Differences of Leisure Satisfaction According to Social Demographic Characteristics 97
5.3 Differences of Happiness According to Social Demographic Characteristics 100
5.4 Mediator Effect and the Causal Relationship Among Leisure Flow，Leisure Satisfaction and Happiness 101
References 109
6 Conclusions and Proposal 115
6.1 Conclusions 115
6.2 Proposal 117
Appendix 121
Index 127