Direct and indirect effects of personality traits on leisure satisfaction: Evidence from a national probability sample in Taiwan

We aimed to examine both direct and indirect effects of personality traits on leisure satisfaction in a national sample of Taiwanese adults. Data came from the 2007 Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS), which is the largest nationwide social survey in Taiwan. The TSCS adopts three-stage stratified probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling using trained interviewers to collect high quality data. This current national sample had 2,147 respondents, with 50.2% males, 49.8% females, and a mean age of 46.70 (SD = 17.19, range = 20-96). The majority of respondents (63.2%) were married and held full-time employment (53.3%).