본 연구는 여가활동에서 몰링(malling)의 개념을 정립하고 여가만족과 방문의도의 인과모델을 제시함으로써 여가학으로써 몰링에 대한 이론적 근거를 제공하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 크게 2가지로 나 눠진다. 첫 번째, 몰링을 즐기는 대학생들 54명(남; 30명;24명)상대로 심층 면담을 통해 잘 알려지지 않은 몰링의 개념을 정립하며, 두 번째, 몰링하는 총 610명(남;358명, 여;251명)의 사람들을 대상으로 그들이 느끼는 여가의 몰링 개념과 여가만족과 방문의도를 조사하였다. 몰링(malling)참여자들의 몰 이용의 구조적 연결 형태를 알아보기 위해 사회연결망(Social Network)분석을 이용 하여 여가에 대한 다양한 시각과 개념을 탐색하여 몰링에 대한 이론적 접근을 할 수 있었다. 몰링과 여가에 대한 의미성은 "재미", "접근성", "쇼핑공간", "멀티플렉스" 순이었으며, 참여자들의 여가만족요인은 정서적, 환경적 만족요인으로 나타났다.
This study aims to provide theoretical grounds for further researchers, by suggesting concepts of mailing in leisure life and casual models of leisure satisfaction. This study was divided into two processes as follows. Firstly, an in-depth interview with 54 undergraduates(30 male and 24 female) who enjoy mailing, was conducted to establish concepts of malling, Secondly, an interview with total 610(358 men and 251 women) that enjoy mailing, was conducted too to examine concepts of mailing that they understood as a leisure activity and their satisfaction. For the secondary research to investigate structural properties that result from several factors and individual participants have, social network analysis to see forms of connections among malling participants and what resources have moved among them, was employed. This analysis was helpful for a theoretical approach to 5 types of mailing, based on a variety of perspectives about leisure proposed in the first research. According to the results of social network analysis, participants answered that they enjoyed malling, because of "fun", "accessibility", "shopping spaces" and "multiplex", and it satisfied them emotionally and environmentally in leisure lives. Overall, this study has great significance as a theoretical approach to malling.