Alegria! Flow in Leisure and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Event Satisfaction Using Data from an Acrobatics Show

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Lung Hung; Ye, Yun-Ci; Chen, Mei-Yen; Tung, I-Wu
Titel	Alegria! Flow in Leisure and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Event Satisfaction Using Data from an Acrobatics Show
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 99 (2010) 2, S.301-313 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-010-9581-z
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Life Satisfaction; Structural Equation Models; Measures (Individuals); Social Indicators; Adults; Participant Satisfaction; Sociometric Techniques; Predictor Variables; Leisure Time; Recreational Activities; Behavior Theories; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lebensvollendung; Messdaten; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Prädiktor; Freizeit; Freizeitgestaltung
Abstract	The aim of the current study was to examine the role of satisfaction-with-event as a mediator in the relations between flow and life satisfaction based on the bottom-up theory (Andrews and Withey in "Social indicators of well-being: Americans' perceptions of life quality." Plenum, New York, 1976; Lee et al. in "J Macromarketing" 22(2): 158-169, 2002). Four hundred and thirty-four participants with a mean age of 35.60 (SD = 11.76) were recruited from the audience of a "Cirque du Soleil" acrobatics show, performed in Taiwan in 2009. Participants completed the flow scale (Csikszentmihalyi in "Flow: the psychology of optimal experience." Harper & Row, New York, 1990), a satisfaction-with-event scale (Lin and Hsu in "Mark Rev" 3(4): 497-528, 2008), and a satisfaction-with-life scale (Diener et al. in "J Pers Assess" 49:71-75, 1985) immediately after viewing the show. Structural equation modeling was conducted to examine our hypothesis that satisfaction-with-event levels would fully mediate the relationship between flow and overall life satisfaction. Results supported our prediction and are discussed in terms of bottom-up theory. Implications of the study are also provided for the leisure managers. (As Provided).
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