Leisure Well-Being

• Adams, K. B., Leibbrandt, S., & Moon, H. (2011). A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life. Ageing & Society, 31(4), 683-712.
• Barnett, L. A. (1995). Research about Leisure: Past, Present and Future. United States: Sagamore Pub..
• Blackshaw, T. (Ed.). (2013). Routledge Handbook of Leisure Studies. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Caldwell, L. L., & Gilbert, A. A. (2009). Leisure, health, and disability: A review and discussion. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 9(2), 111-122.
• Carruthers, C., & Hood, C. D. (2004). The power of the positive: Leisure and well-being. Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 38(2), 225-245.
• Cooke, P. J., Melchert, T. P., & Connor, K. (2016). Measuring well-being: A review of instruments. The Counseling Psychologist, 44(5), 730-757.
• de la Vega, L. R., & Toscano, W. N. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Fancourt, D., Aughterson, H., Finn, S., Walker, E., & Steptoe, A. (2021). How leisure activities affect health: a narrative review and multi-level theoretical framework of mechanisms of action. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(4), 329-339.
• Freire, T. (Ed.). (2012). Positive Leisure Science: From Subjective Experience to Social Contexts. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Heintzman, P. (2002). A conceptual model of leisure and spiritual well-being. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 20(4).
• Heintzman, P. (2022). Empirical research on leisure and spiritual well-being: conceptualisation, measurement and findings. Leisure and Wellbeing, 146-155.
• Henderson, K. A. (1990). The meaning of leisure for women: An integrative review of the research. Journal of leisure research, 22(3), 228-243.
• Henderson, K. A., & Gibson, H. J. (2013). An integrative review of women, gender, and leisure: Increasing complexities. Journal of Leisure Research, 45(2), 115-135.
• Kim, B. (2010). A conceptual framework for leisure and subjective well-being. International Journal of Tourism Sciences, 10(2), 85-116.
• Kuykendall, L., Tay, L., & Ng, V. (2015). Leisure engagement and subjective well-being: A meta-analysis. Psychological bulletin, 141(2), 364.
• Mansfield, L., & Daykin, N. (Eds.). (2022). Leisure and Wellbeing. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
• Newman, D. B., Tay, L., & Diener, E. (2014). Leisure and subjective well-being: A model of psychological mechanisms as mediating factors. Journal of happiness studies, 15, 555-578.
• Poggio, B., & Bertolini, S. (Eds.). (2022). Research Handbook on Work–Life Balance: Emerging Issues and Methodological Challenges. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Kruger, S. (2017). Towards a benefits theory of leisure well-being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 12, 205-228.
• Sirgy, M. J., Uysal, M., & Krüger, S. (Eds.). (2018). Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality. United Kingdom: CABI.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2013). The Psychology of Quality of Life. Germany: Springer Netherlands.
• Sirgy, M. J. (2021). The Psychology of Quality of Life: Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Smith, T. A., Butts, M. M., Courtright, S. H., Duerden, M. D., & Widmer, M. A. (2022). Work–leisure blending: An integrative conceptual review and framework to guide future research. Journal of Applied Psychology, 107(4), 560.
• Townsend, J. A., Van Puymbroeck, M., & Zabriskie, R. B. (2018). The core and balance model of family leisure functioning: A systematic review. Revisiting Family Leisure Research, 52-72.
• Vittersø, J. (Ed.). (2016). Handbook of Eudaimonic Well-Being. Germany: Springer International Publishing.
• Walker, G. J., Kleiber, D. A., & Mannell, R. C. (1997). A Social Psychology of Leisure. United States: Sagamore Publishing, L.L.C..
• Wiese, C. W., Kuykendall, L., & Tay, L. (2018). Get active? A meta-analysis of leisure-time physical activity and subjective well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 13(1), 57-66.
• Wong, C., & Phillips, R. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of Community Well-Being Research. Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
• Zurawik, M. (2020). Moving through spaces–leisure walking and its psychosocial benefits for well-being: a narrative review. Human Movement, 21(2), 1-8.

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