Enhancing Leisure Time Activities: Survey for Seventh-Graders Autumn 2013

The survey charted the perceptions, hopes and experiences of seventh-graders in Helsinki regarding their leisure time, well-being and relationships. The study is part of the Good Leisure Time Development and Research project by Helsinki City Youth Department. The research project followed the same students during their lower secondary school education between 2013 and 2017. First, sleeping and eating habits as well as time spent with friends were examined. Some questions focused on the respondents' relationships with classmates (e.g. whether their classmates helped them if needed and whether they experienced bullying or social exclusion from their classmates). Leisure time activities were charted with questions relating to, for example, who the respondents spent time with after school and where, and with whom the after-school activities were the most enjoyable or boring. Internet use and reading habits during leisure time were also charted. The respondents were asked to select their current leisure time hobbies from a long list of hobbies and activities (e.g. football, movie watching, martial arts, writing, console games, shopping). Next, the respondents were asked about their hobby-related opportunities. They were asked to choose new hobbies and activities they would like to try from the same list they chose their current hobbies and leisure time activities from. The study also charted what the respondents thought of as either perfect or poor leisure time. Further questions focused on how they would rate their past Saturday in school grades (from 4 to 10) and what they would do after school on the day the survey was filled out. Finally, motivations and influences behind the respondents' chosen leisure time activities and plans for the future were examined (e.g. whether their parents, the media, or their role models had the most influence on their choices). Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, living arrangements, household composition and number of siblings.

本调查分析了赫尔辛基七年级学生对休闲时间、幸福感及人际关系的认知、期望与经历。该研究是赫尔辛基市青年部“良好休闲时间发展与研究”项目的一部分，于2013年至2017年期间追踪了同一批学生的初中教育阶段。研究首先考察了学生的睡眠饮食习惯以及与朋友相处的时间；部分问题聚焦于受访者与同学的关系（例如，同学是否在需要时提供帮助，以及他们是否经历过来自同学的霸凌或社交排斥）。通过一系列问题调查分析了学生的休闲活动，包括放学后与谁共度时光、在何处活动，以及哪些课后活动最令他们感到愉悦或乏味。此外，研究还调查了学生休闲时间的互联网使用习惯与阅读习惯。受访者需从一长串爱好与活动列表（如足球、观影、武术、写作、主机游戏、购物等）中选择当前的休闲爱好；随后，研究询问了他们关于爱好方面的潜在机会，让他们从同一列表中挑选希望尝试的新爱好与活动。研究还调查了受访者对完美与糟糕休闲时间的认知；进一步的问题包括：他们如何以学校评分制（4至10分）对上周六的时光进行评价，以及在填写问卷当天放学后计划进行何种活动。最后，研究考察了受访者选择休闲活动的动机及未来计划背后的影响因素（例如，父母、媒体或榜样对其选择的影响最大）。背景变量包括受访者的性别、母语、居住安排、家庭构成及兄弟姐妹数量。