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ABSTRACT
Satisfaction results from individuals’ comparison of what they have and what they feel they should have, deserve, or hope to have. Numerous studies point to relationships between satisfaction with one’s leisure and other life domains, including perceived quality of life, self-rated health, and life satisfaction, a component of subjective well-being. In this study, we conduct a meta-analysis of the relationship between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction in locations on the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, and Brazil using correlation coefficients as indicators of effect size. Our analysis indicates that while the average correlation between leisure and life satisfaction is robust, some heterogeneity exists across the sites surveyed. While the correlation between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction found in the Brazilian data is nearly identical to the average correlation across the sites, similar research in other areas of the world is warranted before any firm conclusions regarding the strength of the leisure satisfaction-life satisfaction relationship across cultures can be reached.
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Garry Chick
Garry Chick is a professor emeritus in Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests are leisure and culture.
Erwei Dong
Erwei Dong is a professor in Hainan University-Arizona State University International Joint Tourism College & School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. His research interests are leisure and culture, leisure and tourism, leisure and health.
Jasmine Cardozo Moreira
Jasmine Cardozo Moreira an associate professor, Tourism Department, Ponta Grossa State University. Her research interests are tourism and visitor management in protected Areas.
Robert Burns
Robert Burns is a professor in Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University. His research interests are public lands planning and management.
Chih-Kuei Yeh
Chih-Kuei Yeh is a professor in Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Leisure Studies at National Dong Hwa University. His research interests are philosophy of leisure, sociology of leisure, and leisure culture.
Kunduz Sidik
Kunduz Sidik is the founder and director of Yultuz & Kunduz Education Charity Fund. Her research interests are leisure and culture.