Vol. 1 No. 1, February 2022

The Influence of Leisure and Recreation Activities on the Health and Wellness of Clergy Men and Women

Setonji, N.A, PhD, Adande, A.D. & Fasan, C.O. , PhD

Abstract

Leisure and recreation activities play an important role in health and wellness of individuals. However, much is not known of the influence of leisure and recreation activities on the physical and psychological wellbeing of clergy men and women. The study therefore, examined the influence of leisure and recreation activities on the health and wellness of clergymen and women in Badagry local government area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used in the study. Leisure and Recreation Activities Influence on Health and Wellness Questionnaire (LRAIHWQ) structured and developed by the researchers was used for data collection. The study involved sixty (60) clergy men and women (42 men and 18 women) drawn from ten different Christian religious church denominations in Badagry Local Government Areas of Lagos State. A pilot study was carried out with the use of 5 Clergy men selected from Celestial Church of Christ, Ojo Parish 1 in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State and reliability of the instrument was established with Cronbach’s alpha and test-retest after an interval of two weeks. The reliability coefficient based on Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was LRAIHWQ (0.78). The data collected was entered into Microsoft Excel 2007 Software and later exported to SPSS 18.0 statistical packages for data analysis. Simple frequencies of responses in % were used in analyzing demographic data, while chi-square (X2) statistical analysis was used to test the hypotheses. Results of the study revealed that leisure and recreation activities have significant influence on physical wellness X2=59.562, p<0.05 and psychological wellness X2=31.317, p<0.05 of clergy men and women. Findings of the study implied that leisure and recreation are indispensable in the general activities of clergymen and women. The study recommends among others that clergy men and women should endeavour to find time to engage in recreation activities and Christian religious churches through the support of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) should provide recreational facilities within churches’ premises for use by the clergymen and women and the community.

Keywords

leisure, recreation, clergymen and women, physical health, psychological wellness

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