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to be higher too. In the leisure flow experience aspect, the factors of “ the full concentration in
the activity”, “clear goal”, “immediately payback” and “self-forming” have high construction
surface. In the well-being aspect, the factors of “the happy optimistic”, “life satisfaction”, “the
self-growth” and “the environment” have high construction surface. From the analysis above,
we can know that the meditation flow experience provided the populace to have higher level
of well-being.
X1 Clear Goal
X2 Immediately payback
X3 Skill and Challenge
balance
X4 Full concentration in the
activity
X5 Self-Control
X6 Sense of time change
X7 Self-Forming experience
0.80 *
(20.97)
0.77 *
(20.04)
0.73 *
(18.22)
0.84 *
(22.74)
0.70 *
(17.38)
0.71 *
(17.72)
0.74 *
(18.89)
Flow
experience
ξ1
0.73 *
(12.85)
Well-being
Figure 3 The casual relationship between mediation flow experience and wellbeing.
Conclution
People’s living pressure is increasing, so the life well being value is decreasing. Because the
meditation activity can relieve the pressure and it also has the strength to increase people’s
life quality from the mental and spirit aspect, so meditation activity slowly becomes popular
leisure activity to the people. This research used the influence relation between meditation
flow experience and well being to be the research subject, and the finding demonstrated that
higher meditation flow experience has higher well being value. The people who engaged in
meditation activity thought that the meditation activity is very good experience activity,
would bring the more positive outlook for people’s life at the spirit aspect and the finding
showed that the meditation had the ability to reduce the pressure from the daily life and
increase people’s health, and promote the intrinsic self-control, so people can be able to enjoy
the mediation activity which was important leisure activity.
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η1
0.66
0.78 *
(15.04)
0.79 *
(15.18)
0.75 *
(14.46)
0.80 *
(15.18)
0.87 *
(16.26)
0.81 *
(15.28)
Y1 physiology
Y2 psychology
Y3 Environment
Y4 Public relation
Y5 Self-Grow
Y6 Happy optimistic
Y7 Life satisfaction