PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Recent studies reported less convergence between leisure interests and vocational interests and that the practice of leisure interests yields positive consequences (e. g., increasing life satisfaction). To date, no adequate German leisure interest instrument was available that enables a comprehensive and economic measurement of leisure interests as well as investigations of leisure interests fora broad range of adult age in the German language. We developed the Fragebogen-Inventar fur Freizeitinteressen (FIFI) for adults. Exploratory factor analysis yielded 21 primary and five secondary dimensions of leisure interests, based on a study of 836 adults (age = 18-94 years). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the secondary factor structure. The resulting 21 primary and 5 secondary scales showed satisfactory to good internal consistency and good to very good retest reliability. The convergent validity of the scales (high correlations between interest in and frequency of leisure activities) and the discriminant validity (low correlations between leisure and vocational interests) were confirmed.