Sample

Sample

The main sample population for this research was 18-46-year-old university students at MacEwan University. Students may have different programs, schedules, and workloads which could result in different levels of stress. Students have busy lifestyles without much free time; therefore, finding hobbies to help destress or escape from the busy schedule is important to maintaining a work-life balance. The hobbies that students engaged in generally fell into the four types defined in this research: electronic, physical, logical, and artistic. Either way, how students chose hobbies, what hobbies they chose, and how that choice impacted them were the main areas of study in this research.