Leisure and quality of life in an international and multicultural context: what are major pathways linking leisure to quality of life?

Iwasaki, Yoshitaka

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“…More leisure time means more time for relaxing, doing some hobbies, also for family and social life. Leisure time could create positive emotion which increases happiness (Iwasaki, 2007).…”

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The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

Rahayu

Harmadi

2016

ASS

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The purpose of the study is to analyze the effect of income, health, education, and social capital on happiness in Indonesia. The data was taken from National Survey of Social Economic conducted by National Bureau of Statistics of Indonesia in 2012. Ordered probit model was used as estimation technique due to ordinal dependent variable and normal distribution of error assumption. The findings show happiness is affected by absolute income, physical perceived health status, mental health, medium and high level of education, trust in leader, participation on society's activities, tolerance, and help for and from others. However relative income, gender, household head, junior high school, and trust to neighbors do not have significant effect on happiness. Easterlin paradox does not exist in Indonesia because income has positive impact on happiness. Satisfaction on works, financial, family harmony, and leisure time also have significant effect on happiness. Satisfaction on family harmony is the most important factor than others. From demographic variables, it was known that happiness is not different across gender, household head, and low education people. People who are married, live in urban areas, live outside Java and Bali islands, and have more children are found happier. Happiness-age relationship indicates U-shaped curve. Happiness tends to decrease over time until people reach 51 years old. For all three level of happiness, some predictors do not have significant marginal effect on happiness namely relative income, gender, low education level, and trust to neighbors. Meanwhile the variables of household head and number of infant are not robust.

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“…More leisure time means more time for relaxing, doing some hobbies, also for family and social life. Leisure time could create positive emotion which increases happiness (Iwasaki, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

Rahayu

Harmadi

2016

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“…Unfortunately, these efforts have often been confounded by a lack of consensus concerning the definition of QOL and, consequently, the use of other terminology such as subjective quality of life (SQOL), life satisfaction, happiness, and well-being (Bramston et al, 2002). Contemporary definitions of QOL suggest that it is socially and culturally constructed and that QOL subsumes factors such as life satisfaction and happiness (Iwasaki, 2006). The World Health Organization (WHO, 1997) defined QOL as:…”

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“…Many of the current conceptualizations of how leisure influences QOL and happiness have been limited because of the dominant Western perspectives found in the leisure and QOL research literature (Iwasaki, 2006). However, a multi-national study conducted by the WHO that included Westernized countries (e.g., United States, France) and East-Asian countries (e.g., Japan, Thailand) found that opportunities for and participation in leisure activities was a significant contributor to QOL (Iwasaki).…”

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The Effects of Ethnicity and Leisure Satisfaction on Happiness, Peacefulness, and Quality of Life

2008

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“…Silverstein and Parker (2002) argued on the contribution of Leisure to 'successful' old age, a finding supported by Dann (2001), Nimrod (2007), and Coleman and Iso-Ahola (1993). Iwasaki et al (2005), Iwasaki (2007), and Jeffrey and Dobos A substantial amount of work provides support for the need to have a separate Vacations domain in Quality of Life. For example, the desire to travel has been argued as a fundamental need, and viewed almost as a universal right (Urry, 1990;Urry, 1995).…”

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Quality-of-Life and Travel Motivations: Integrating the Two Concepts in the Grevillea Model

Dolničar

Lazarevski

Yanamandram

2011

Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research

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Over the past three decades, two bodies of literature have developed relatively independently: Quality of Life research in Psychology and Travel Motivations research in Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated. This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and (3) proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations. Tourism. Yet, the constructs underlying these two bodies of research are strongly interrelated.This book chapter: (1) reviews the Quality of Life research area with a specific focus on the role of vacations as a Quality of Life domain; (2) reviews prior work in the area of Travel Motivations with a specific focus on motivational segments which may be associated with differences in the importance people attribute to vacations in general; and (3) proposes a conceptual model, referred to as the Grevillea Model, that integrates heterogeneity in the population with respect to both the importance attributed to vacations and Travel Motivations.

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Leisure and quality of life in an international and multicultural context: what are major pathways linking leisure to quality of life?

Abstract: leisure, quality of life, culture, meaning, diversity, strength,

Cited by 278 publications

References 76 publications

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

The Effect of Income, Health, Education, and Social Capital on Happiness in Indonesia

The Effects of Ethnicity and Leisure Satisfaction on Happiness, Peacefulness, and Quality of Life

Quality-of-Life and Travel Motivations: Integrating the Two Concepts in the Grevillea Model

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