Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within positive
psychology, its definition and the psychological pathways by which it evokes happiness are …

This chapter reviews what is known about how leisure contributes to subjective well-being
(SWB). We review evidence documenting the importance of leisure for SWB and point to …

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to identify and describe the role of leisure in
meaningful engagement with life, informed by leisure and positive psychology literature on …

During the last decades, the association between leisure engagement and subjective well-
being (SWB) has been examined. Yet, the role of the interest in specific leisure activities for …

Numerous studies show a link between leisure engagement and subjective well-being
(SWB). Drawing on common experiential features of leisure, psychological need theories …

In this chapter, we start with a description of happiness, the nature of happiness, the value of
happiness, and the determinants of happiness. In that context, we discuss what leisure can …

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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 …

The aim of this special issue is to encourage critical theoretical and methodological
reflection on the broad topic of leisure and wellbeing. Ideas about wellbeing have come to …

The concepts of serious leisure (Stebbins, 1992) and “flow”(Csikszentmihalyi, 1990) have
assumed a central position in assessments of the contribution of leisure to health and well …