Cultural Consonance in Leisure,Leisure Satisfaction,Life Satisfaction,and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Garry Chick Chih-Kuei Yeh Chi-Ming Hsieh So Young Bae Svitlana Iarmolenko |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA;2. Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Leisure Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien County, Taiwan;3. International Bachelor Program of Agribusiness, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan;4. College of Hotel and Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea;5. School of Human Ecology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | cultural consonance leisure satisfaction life satisfaction leisure constraints self-rated health structural equation modeling Taiwan |
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