Relationship between Leisure Involvement, Voluntary Simplicity, Leisure Satisfaction, and Experiential Consumption

Abstract

This study aims to analyze leisure involvement and voluntary simplicity as antecedents of leisure satisfaction and the relationship with experiential consumption. To this end, we conducted a survey with 815 Brazilian runners and cyclists, and the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Age, education, and income were also investigated as moderators in the relationship between leisure involvement and leisure satisfaction. The main results showed that leisure involvement positively influenced leisure satisfaction and voluntary simplicity of its practitioners. Voluntary simplicity positively influenced leisure satisfaction and experiential consumption. The moderation test showed that the relationship between leisure involvement and leisure satisfaction is stronger for higher age, education, and income. We concluded that leisure involvement could be a path to a simple living choice, one source for a more sustainable world. The findings provide theoretical and practical implications for practitioners, policymakers, and society.

Keywords:

• Experiential consumption
• leisure involvement
• leisure satisfaction
• voluntary simplicity

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest

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Authors’ contribution

All authors contributed to the study design. The preparation of the material was done by Juliana Matte. The data collection and analysis were performed by Juliana Matte. The results were analized by Juliana Matte, Deonir De Toni and Gabriel Sperandio Milan. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Juliana Matte and all authors commented on the versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Information

For the feasibility of this study, the project of this thesis was submitted to the Ethics in Research Committee (CEP), via Plataforma Brasil, and registered under the number CAAE 24956619.8.0000.5341, approved under the number 3.785.586 on December 16, 2019.

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Funding

This study was financed by CAPES/FAPERGS (n. 88887.176213/2018-00) and CNPq.