The purpose of this study is to test the effect of a leisure education program on a leisure attitude and perceived leisure competence among community residing elderly persons. In order to attain such purpose of study, the following two research issues were set up in this study. First, does leisure education program affect the change of leisure attitude by the aged persons? Second, on what effect leasure education program has for the perceived leisure competence among elderly persons? Leisure education program for the aged person consisted of leisure desire, awareness to leisure desire, awareness to self, leisure goal, leisure alternatives and resource, and self-determination. The program in this research was executed in 2 times for subject of the aged persons who were not over 1 year since registration to settlement house among old people with the age over 60 who make use of A, B settlement houses for the old people located in Seoul. The subjects were totally 33 persons by 17 persons in experimental group and 16 persons in control group. Summary of research result induced by the analysis is as follows: 1) The attitude for leisure by the participant in leisure education were positively higher after being participated in leisure education program than non-participants. 2) The Perceived leisure competence for leisure by the participant in leisure education were positively higher after being participated in leisure education program than non-participants. The effect to improve attitude for leisure and perceived leisure competence was confirmed in this leisure education program through the above result. Hence, leisure education program being composed of leisure desire, self awareness, leisure goal, leisure alternatives and resource, and self-determination could be presented as the effective program to improve attitude for leisure, and perceived leisure competence for old people who try to start leisure life in old age on the spot of practice setting afterwards.
Key words: leisure education, leisure attitude, perceived leisure competence