Contribution of Leisure to the Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Australia and the United States

Hawkins, Barbara A.; Foose, Alice K.; Binkley, Anne L.

doi:10.1080/04419057.2004.9674353

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“…Fernandez-Ballesteros, Zamarrón, and Rúiz (2001) determined that life satisfaction was influenced by leisure satisfaction as well as physical activity level and social contacts. Hawkins, Foose, and Binkley (2004) found that leisure activity participation, leisure constraints, and leisure satisfaction are related to life satisfaction among sample members from Australia and the United States, with the strongest association being between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction.…”

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Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

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The purpose of this study threefold: to determine whether a shared cultural model of the importance of a set of leisure activities to a good leisure life existed in urban Taiwan, the degree to which cultural consonance in leisure mediates the relationship between leisure constraints and leisure satisfaction, and the degree to which leisure satisfaction affects life satisfaction and self-rated health. Results indicate that a cultural model of the importance of leisure activities to a good leisure life existed among sample members. Second, higher levels of self-reported participation in leisure activities that are culturally agreed upon as more important for a good leisure life are more strongly associated with leisure satisfaction than are activities culturally agreed upon as less important. Finally, leisure satisfaction strongly predicts both life satisfaction and self-rated health.Health and wellbeing have long been important concerns for recreation and leisure researchers and practitioners. In research, however, these have usually been examined in relation to activities presumed to be freely chosen by individuals. Freedom of choice is often regarded as an essential attribute of leisure while the degree to which culture both affords and inhibits leisure participation has been considered infrequently (Chick & Dong, 2005). Additionally, research that involves culture has typically treated it as an implicit independent variable. That is, samples of individuals from two or more cultures are compared in terms of other variables, and culture itself is not measured in any way. For example, Florian and Har-Even (1984) compared leisure activity choice among Jewish and Arab youth in Israel, and Walker, Jackson, and Deng (2007) compared perceptions of leisure constraints among Canadian and Mainland Chinese university students. Observed differences were attributed to difference in culture. The ideas that there are agreed-upon cultural models of leisure, that individuals vary in their behavior with respect to them, and that their degree of adherence to those models affects satisfaction or other variables have received even less attention. However, two innovations in anthropology, cultural consensus theory and cultural consonance theory, each with related analytic techniques, have made such research possible.

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Section: Life Satisfactionmentioning

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Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

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“…Leisure participation and leisure satisfaction have been demonstrated to be two of the most important correlates of life satisfaction for older adults (Guinn, 1999;Hawkins, Foose, & Binkley, 2004;Mannell, 1999a;Ragheb & Griffith, 1982;Sneegas, 1986). Specifically, walking and gardening have been found to be the two most prevalent active and physical leisure activities that older adults enjoy doing (Brown, Fuller, Lee, Cockburn & Adamson, 1999;Janke, Davey, & Kleiber, 2006).…”

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Identifying the Satisfactions Derived from Leisure Gardening by Older Adults

Cheng

Patterson

Packer

et al. 2010

Annals of Leisure Research

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gardening is a popular leisure activity among older adults in most Western countries. however, few systematic academic studies have focused on the benefits of gardening engaged in by this cohort. The purpose of this study was to identify the contribution of gardening to the leisure and life satisfaction of older adults. Self-administered questionnaire surveys were completed by 433 older adults who were recruited at a 'gardening Australia Expo' held in Brisbane, Queensland in April 2009. findings of this study indicated that older adults obtained high levels of leisure satisfaction specifically from the relaxation, psychological and physiological aspects of gardening. Those whose engagement in gardening was at the level of serious leisure received the greatest satisfaction. Most participants reported that gardening contributed to their overall life satisfaction. Implications for future studies and leisure providers are discussed.

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“…In addition, other researchers (e.g., Hawkins, Foose, & Binkley, 2004;Iso-Ahola & Weissinger, 1984;Parry & Shaw, 1999;Riddick, 1986) have empirically demonstrated that leisure was associated with psychological well-being as well as physical health.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Hawkins et al (2004) found that leisure makes a significant contribution to overall life satisfaction and well-being for older adults in both Australia and the United States. Ragheb (1989) also reported significant positive relationships between leisure variables (i.e., leisure participation, leisure motivation, leisure attitude, and leisure satisfaction) and individuals' well-being.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Research on subjective well-being (SWB) has acknowledged that leisure is related to psychological well-being (Hawkins et al, 2004;Iwasaki & Smale, 1998;Mannell, 2007;Ragheb, 1989), personal satisfaction, and positive outcomes in later life (Jeffres & Dobos, 1993;Silverstein & Parker, 2002). Hawkins et al (2004) found that leisure makes a significant contribution to overall life satisfaction and well-being for older adults in both Australia and the United States.…”

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confidence: 98%

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An exploratory study examining the relationships between the leisure‐related variables and subjective well‐being of community residents

Kim

Lee

Chun

2010

Annals of Leisure Research

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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between leisure-related variables and individuals' subjective well-being (SWB). This study employed the systematic random sampling strategy using 2005 Bloomington Telephone directory. A total of 172 out of 535 households were selected in a self-administered drop-off/mail-back questionnaire survey. Seventy-seven female (49%) and 80 male (51%) residents in a small Midwestern town in the united States responded to the questionnaire. The overall response rate for the survey was approximately 30 per cent. Model fit statistics demonstrated that the relationship between leisure variables and SWB in the proposed model fit the data well. Supporting relationships is an important contribution to the leisure literature in the sense that leisure variables might have various direct and indirect effects on individuals' SWB through leisure satisfaction. The finding of this study suggested that people who perceive leisure more positively may be more satisfied in their lives. future research should study linkages between leisure variables and SWB from qualitative and longitudinal approaches.key words • leisure, frequency of leisure participation, leisure constraints, leisure boredom, subjective well-being Downloaded by [University of Toronto Libraries] at 09:

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Contribution of Leisure to the Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Australia and the United States

Cited by 39 publications

References 22 publications

Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

Identifying the Satisfactions Derived from Leisure Gardening by Older Adults

An exploratory study examining the relationships between the leisure‐related variables and subjective well‐being of community residents

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