Effect of Floorball Participation on Subjective Happiness and Satisfaction with School Life

The purpose of this study is to expand participation in floorball by examining whether it affects the students" subjective happiness and satisfaction with school life among elementary school students who participated in floorball, which is one of the various sports that students can easily and quickly participate in. It is presented as evidence. The research method was to distribute a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions about subjective happiness and 20 questions about satisfaction with school life to a total of 133 5th and 6th grade elementary school students, including 73 students who participated in floorball sports and 60 students in the control group, and collected them directly. Exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's α reliability analysis were used using the SPSS 29.0 program. To confirm differences in general characteristics, independent t-test was used. The statistical significance level was set at p<.05. As a result of the study, no significant differences were found in all factors of family environment, ego characteristics, ability and school life satisfaction, peer relationships, teachers, classes, school environment, and school events. In terms of differences in students who participated in floorball sports, students participating in floorball sports showed significant differences in self-characteristics, ability, and interpersonal relationship factors of subjective happiness, and students who participated in floorball sports showed high levels of satisfaction with peer relationships. , it was confirmed that teacher satisfaction and school environment satisfaction were higher for students who participated in floorball, showing a positive impact. The conclusion is that there was no gender difference regardless of sports participation, and that students who participated in floorball sports had a positive effect on their subjective happiness and satisfaction with school life, making floorball sports more active for students. It should be actively used in guiding students" school life.