Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being

We view leisure well-being as satisfaction in leisure life that contributes to subjective well-being. The model we propose focuses on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being. We surmise that a leisure activity contributes to leisure well-being by satisfying a set of basic needs (bene...

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Main Authors: Sirgy, M., Uysal, Muzaffer, Kruger, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53835
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author Sirgy, M.
Uysal, Muzaffer
Kruger, S.
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description We view leisure well-being as satisfaction in leisure life that contributes to subjective well-being. The model we propose focuses on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being. We surmise that a leisure activity contributes to leisure well-being by satisfying a set of basic needs (benefits related to safety, health, economic, sensory, escape, and/or sensation/stimulation needs) and growth needs (benefits related to symbolic, aesthetic, moral, mastery, relatedness, and/or distinctiveness needs). Also, further amplification occurs when certain benefits of leisure activities match corresponding personality traits and goals of the participants; safety consciousness, health consciousness, price sensitivity, hedonism, escapism, sensation seeking, status consciousness, aestheticism, moral sensitivity, competitiveness, sociability, and need for distinctiveness, respectively.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-538352017-09-13T16:11:43Z Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being Sirgy, M. Uysal, Muzaffer Kruger, S. We view leisure well-being as satisfaction in leisure life that contributes to subjective well-being. The model we propose focuses on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being. We surmise that a leisure activity contributes to leisure well-being by satisfying a set of basic needs (benefits related to safety, health, economic, sensory, escape, and/or sensation/stimulation needs) and growth needs (benefits related to symbolic, aesthetic, moral, mastery, relatedness, and/or distinctiveness needs). Also, further amplification occurs when certain benefits of leisure activities match corresponding personality traits and goals of the participants; safety consciousness, health consciousness, price sensitivity, hedonism, escapism, sensation seeking, status consciousness, aestheticism, moral sensitivity, competitiveness, sociability, and need for distinctiveness, respectively. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53835 10.1007/s11482-016-9482-7 restricted
spellingShingle Sirgy, M.
Uysal, Muzaffer
Kruger, S.
Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title_full Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title_fullStr Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title_full_unstemmed Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title_short Towards a Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being
title_sort towards a benefits theory of leisure well-being
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53835