An Examination of DRAMMA Model Outcomes for Campus Recreation Users

Abstract

Institutions of higher education are encountering increases in the number of students with mental health issues. As administrators look for ways to promote positive mental health, exploring the role leisure has in the well-being of college students is warranted. This study used the DRAMMA model to better understand the connection of leisure and subjective well-being via the psychological pathways of detachment-recovery, affiliation, meaning, mastery, and autonomy through leisure satisfaction of campus recreation users. Findings suggest campus recreation programs should focus on providing satisfying leisure and recreation experiences that provide meaning, affiliation, and detachment-recovery to students as a potential means to influence subjective well-being.

Testing the DRAMMA Model of Leisure and Subjective Wellbeing on College Students

“…To determine how well the DRAMMA model explains SWB in a college-student population, we replicated the path model tested by Twilley et al (2022), which is based on the theoretical path model proposed by Newman et al (2014). The theoretical path model shows the physiological mechanisms of the DRAMMA model as exogenous variables, leisure satisfaction as an endogenous variable to SWB.…”

“…A significant gap in the literature exists because few studies have focused on and empirically investigated the manner in which leisure activity participation facilitates SWB. To determine how well the DRAMMA model explains SWB in a college-student population, we replicated the path model tested by Twilley et al (2022) based on the theoretical model proposed by Newman et al (2014). Twilley et al (2022) used the framework to assess college students who identified as campus recreation users.…”

“…To determine how well the DRAMMA model explains SWB in a college-student population, we replicated the path model tested by Twilley et al (2022) based on the theoretical model proposed by Newman et al (2014). Twilley et al (2022) used the framework to assess college students who identified as campus recreation users. The authors found that for campus recreation participants, meaningful leisure significantly predicted SWB.…”